JohnPh I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal  2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info | Aug 16, 2015 22:36 | #1 Initially I struggled with the Star adventurer, now I'm getting the hang of polar aligning and I have a decent tripod for it now I can get two minute exposures at 200mm I'm pretty chuffed! Had a bash at M31 tonight and managed 30 minutes worth before the clouds rolled in   M31 by John Phelan, on FlickrՕFlickr
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troypiggo Goldmember  4,743 posts Likes: 172 Joined Jun 2007 Location: Brisbane, AUSTRALIA More info | Aug 17, 2015 02:34 | #2 Looks pretty good. Have been considering one of those little mounts for DSLR work. Seems to have tracked ok? How did you find aligning it? You guys in northern hemisphere have it a little easier with Polaris "Interesting. You're afraid of insects and women. Ladybugs must render you catatonic." - Sheldon
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info |
Aug 17, 2015 10:05 | #4 I vouch for the mount as well. I'm in Canada. Isn't that weird!
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info |
Sep 03, 2015 20:26 | #6 Nice job, have you tried using hallas processing? Also, why not shoot f2.8? Wes
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info | Sep 04, 2015 07:25 | #7 calypsob wrote in post #17694239 Nice job, have you tried using hallas processing? Also, why not shoot f2.8? Thanks Wes. I had a look at Hallas processing last night, looks interesting but needs registar. I had a play with the evaluation version but saving is disabled. I shot it at f/4 to reduce the slight coma I was getting at f/2.8. ՕFlickr
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Sep 06, 2015 00:26 | #8 Beautiful image. Great work! Greg M.~
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use deep sky stacker instead, its free Wes
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Allan.L Goldmember  1,066 posts Likes: 43 Joined Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada More info | Sep 21, 2015 20:47 | #10 Excellent, what tripod are you using? I think that's my weak link right now. .
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info | Sep 22, 2015 06:01 | #11 |
Oct 01, 2015 18:58 | #12 The ioptron zeq25 tripod works really well and is cheap. Wes
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P.  More info | Oct 01, 2015 19:06 | #13 JohnPh wrote in post #17694627 Thanks Wes. I had a look at Hallas processing last night, looks interesting but needs registar. I had a play with the evaluation version but saving is disabled. I shot it at f/4 to reduce the slight coma I was getting at f/2.8. Have you tested the lens? Most are sharpest 2-3 stops down from wide open. FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info Post edited over 8 years ago by JohnPh. (2 edits in all) | Oct 02, 2015 10:30 | #14 calypsob wrote in post #17729468 The ioptron zeq25 tripod works really well and is cheap. Thanks Wes, I've got the gitzo now and it doubles up for my landscape stuff, it's solid as a rock! PhotosGuy wrote in post #17729474 Have you tested the lens? Most are sharpest 2-3 stops down from wide open. Yes the lens is lovely and sharp wide open but the stars suffer with a bit of coma, when the lens is wide open in the corners. ՕFlickr
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JohnPh THREAD STARTER I smell like a Shoulder Shrugging Seal 2,489 posts Gallery: 196 photos Best ofs: 3 Likes: 1989 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Deepst darkest Cornwall More info | Oct 02, 2015 10:39 | #15 |
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