You don't need a telescope

JimmyJam wrote in post #15408943
@Simon - Both are very nice. Is the difference in sky hue merely because of time of day difference, or did you post-process them differently?

Thanks!!

Both photos were taken on the same evening... The Darker one is a 15sec exposure and the second one is 30sec's...

I struggle for a dark sky as I live near the city. These were taken on an old RAF station on a really clear night...

Here's Moon photo I took tonight on a 400mm Sigma..

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Is this the ISS in this photo?? Any suggestions guys??

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SimonClarkson wrote in post #15410089
Is this the ISS in this photo?? Any suggestions guys??

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Kind Regards

Simon

Airplane. You can tel by the flashing lights (the bright lights that go on and off regularly along its path). The ISS shows a steady light, which gradually fades in and out at the beginning and end of its path.

Nice shot of Jupiter and the Pleides, with some nice composition and a good exposure. Good job for your first astro shot.

I don't usually shoot photos of astronomy, but Orion's belt was right over my house a couple of nights ago along with the full moon 75-300mm on my 7D; it's a bit blurry though haha.

SimonClarkson wrote in post #15410089
Is this the ISS in this photo?? Any suggestions guys??

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Night Sky 1st attempt by imagesliveon, on Flickr

Kind Regards

Simon

Looking at the larger version, I would say not. You can see where a second light was blinking along side the steady trail light. I've linked a site that I have found to be EXTREMELY accurate in spotting the ISS.

http://spaceflight1.na​sa.gov/realdata/sighti​ngs/

Wow thanks for that!

Regards

Here are 2 shots of the ISS passing over Northern Italy back in August.

Here is a shot of Jupiter, taken tonight (1-1-13), in Northern Italy. You can see 2 moons on each side of Jupiter. From left to right are Ganymede, Io, Jupiter, Europa, and Callisto.

Johnny_M73 wrote in post #15427911
Looking at the larger version, I would say not. You can see where a second light was blinking along side the steady trail light. I've linked a site that I have found to be EXTREMELY accurate in spotting the ISS.

http://spaceflight1.na​sa.gov/realdata/sighti​ngs/

Here's another from nasa that gives you a heads up when the space station will be visible:

http://spotthestation.​nasa.gov/

lizzle wrote in post #15432335
Here's another from nasa that gives you a heads up when the space station will be visible:

http://spotthestation.​nasa.gov/

Also the program Stellarium shows the orbit as well

Orion Nebula. Canon 550D with 250mm lens, taken a while back, I think it was about 15 X 2 seconds, stacked in DSS.

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I just posted this picture of the Andromeda Galaxy, along with details, in a thread of its own, but thought it also had a place in this thread. It's a stack of 5 40-second exposures with the 70-200/4L.

Thats awesome Mark! What do you use to keep the stars from "trailing" on your 40 sec shots?

steveh74 wrote in post #15445450
Thats awesome Mark! What do you use to keep the stars from "trailing" on your 40 sec shots?

Thanks a lot Steve. I use a homemade driven mount, made from a 24-hr industrial timer switch (I had to reverse the way it turned), with a ballhead mounted on the shaft, as shown in the pic below. I align it with the pole star by eye, using the heavy-duty ballhead at the bottom of the picture, which is a bit hit-and-miss, but it worked well on this occasion. It's also tricky to balance, as if the lens hangs out too far, it will swing around. The price was great though!

Madweasel, you should publish a DIY on how to make that motorized mount!