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JuZ
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 01:31
I had posted this pic in the lunar eclipse thread, but the more I look at it the more impressed with it I am, so I felt it deserved it's own thread.

Taken during the lunar eclipse with my 1d MkII + Sigma 500mm + Sigma 2x TC + Tamron 1.4x TC on a really cheap and wobbly tripod ( I must buy a proper one! )

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/juz13/Saturn.jpg

That's 744,000,000 miles from Earth :D
neilg
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 05:31
Hey, Great shot, I hadn't realised that it would be so visible with a 'normal' camera lens as opposed to a telescope.
shiato storm
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 05:40
wow! and its only several million miles away...!
StaticThought
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 06:58
Awesome Picture Buddy. Nice Work.
Glenn.B
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 10:30
Juz, great effort.......................... gives me some thing to try on the next clear night......................which will probabley be months away :lol: :lol: :lol:
AJ711
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 10:48
How did you find that in the night sky? Did you pull the stellar coordinates down from the internet or something?

That is just incredible for the parts and pieces you used.
jaybird
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 11:30
what? you didn't hand-hold that shot :)

Nice shot. It's pretty impressive that you can tell that it is Saturn, and it was taken with a normal camera, lens, and TCs: not a telescope.
Billginthekeys
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 11:40
great shot, how did you even find it!
JuZ
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 12:08
great shot, how did you even find it!
Thanks :D A mate of mine told me roughly where it was ;)
Billginthekeys
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 12:45
Thanks :D A mate of mine told me roughly where it was ;)
is it this visible all the time. i did a similar tc stack (400 5.6+ 2X+2X+1.4X) and i swear a buddy of mine took a shot very similar to that with rings and everything (although not quite so clear) and i swore it was saturn but he didnt believe it was possible, mabye the camera just shook the right way :lol:
JuZ
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 14:33
is it this visible all the time.
I don't think it's always visable, but at the moment it's the bright "star" about halfway between Orion and The Plough.
Dale Siscoe
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 15:34
Awesome shot with a Camera.
Benandbobbi
5th of March 2007 (Mon), 16:36
What is your exif info?
JuZ
6th of March 2007 (Tue), 01:02
What is your exif info?

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Focal Length: 1400.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.013 s (1/80)
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO equiv: 800
Exposure Mode: Manual
calicokat
6th of March 2007 (Tue), 06:00
Great capture
JuZ
8th of March 2007 (Thu), 15:49
Great capture
Thank you :)