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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Lamborghini_diablo on June 29, 2014, 12:37:01 PM
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So, I was just going to bump my old thread (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/off-topic/astrophotography/), but all of the image links were dead since I moved my photos around online.
So, I'll just start a new one. I've recently gotten back into Astrophotography. I got a very basic Equatorial mount with a motor (Orion EQ-1), and a Canon T3 DSLR. I'm not using any telescopes for imaging yet, but I might buy a small one soon.
Here are some shots I've taken with this setup, images linked rather than embedded due to their size:
18mm wide angle of the Milky Way. This was 12 one-minute exposures stacked for a cleaner image. (http://i.imgur.com/Q03XqET.jpg)
M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy. This was my first attempt with a 300mm zoom lens. I animated it with an image from Google Images to show the details. (http://i.imgur.com/lKVD2WG.gif)
I thiiiink this is the Globular Cluster M22, they are hard to tell apart. (http://i.imgur.com/p62Scdf.jpg)
The Trifid Nebula on the left, and the Lagoon Nebula on the right. (http://i.imgur.com/pADlyV7.jpg)
And this one I stayed up till 4 in the morning for (sleep is for the weak). Andromeda Galaxy. (http://i.imgur.com/syVhZ1A.jpg)