Habanero's Astrophotography Megathread
-incomplete for now, I still have to organize a few more pictures, but I thought I'd post what I have done-
This is by no means comprehensive, there are hundreds of my photos sitting on hard drives etc. But this thread contains a good sampling of my work. I am categorizing it into sections, each of which is of a different subject - e.g. Nebulae, Planets, etc. I will probably also be adding to each section as I continue to take pictures, so check back occasionally.
This is by no means comprehensive, there are hundreds of my photos sitting on hard drives etc. But this thread contains a good sampling of my work. I am categorizing it into sections, each of which is of a different subject - e.g. Nebulae, Planets, etc. I will probably also be adding to each section as I continue to take pictures, so check back occasionally.
Equipment
Lunar Photos
Sinus Iridum - The Bay of Rainbows
Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon, view 2
Moon at Quadrature (90 degrees from the Sun)
Waning Gibbous Moon with star Kaus Borealis
Lunar Eclipse (February 2008)
Cassini Crater (at center)
Clavius Crater (large crater below center)
Clavius Crater (center, most of the image)
Eratosthenes Crater & Lunar Alps
Plato Crater (just right of center)
Ptolmaeus Crater (center)
Bullialdus Crater (center)
Copernicus Crater (left of center)
Alpine Valley with central rille (fault line) (left of center, Cassini Crater is visible at far right)
Lunar Photos
Sinus Iridum - The Bay of Rainbows
Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon, view 2
Moon at Quadrature (90 degrees from the Sun)
Waning Gibbous Moon with star Kaus Borealis
Lunar Eclipse (February 2008)
Cassini Crater (at center)
Clavius Crater (large crater below center)
Clavius Crater (center, most of the image)
Eratosthenes Crater & Lunar Alps
Plato Crater (just right of center)
Ptolmaeus Crater (center)
Bullialdus Crater (center)
Copernicus Crater (left of center)
Alpine Valley with central rille (fault line) (left of center, Cassini Crater is visible at far right)
Comments
The Lunar Cross
Waxing Crescent Panorama
Young Waxing Crescent
Young Waxing Crescent 2
Crater Tycho
Tycho to Clavius
Mare Humorum
Crater Kepler
Crater Schiller (elongated crater right of center)
Mare Orientale
Venus (past dichotomy)
Venusian Phases
Venus Near Superior Conjunction
Gibbous Venus
Mars
Mars
Jupiter with Impact Site (barely visible, rotating away at the right limb)
Jupiter with Ganymede
Jupiter with Io & Great Red Spot
Jupiter with dissipated Southern Equatorial Belt and Great Red Spot (may be a little off color)
Solar Eclipse on Jupiter, shadow cast by Io
Saturn with Titan
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Uranus
I :fap: to the Saturn pics.
ahh, right now my camera for anything bright (usually in the solar system) is a high-speed video camera that shoots up to 60 fps uncompressed. nebulae/galaxies/TNOs/asteroids I use a different CCD camera that is extremely sensitive, but it's annoying because its chip is super fucking small. sometime within next year I am switching to a Canon XSi or T1i to replace that.
my main one is in the OP, an 8" reflector, but I also have a 5" reflector, 5" maksutov-cassegrain, and two refractors (1 60mm and 1 40mm)
sure thing
http://www.telescope.com/control/telescopes/reflector-telescopes/orion-203mm-f-ratio-4*9-reflector-telescope-optical-tube-assembly
there's a 10" one as well, you might see it in related, my mount can't support its weight though
Nah. Reflectors are dirt cheap but they get really ungainly. A catadioptric of the same aperture is a lot more expensive, but more compact and the balancing is a lot easier.