astrophotography, another hobby

[rhill]

Due to popular demand, well maybe not so popular, here I a few pics I have done. I have a bunch more that are better, just have to get them on my computer

 

[Jarcher21]

Cassegrain, apochromatic, etc? Tracking system? Exposure time?

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

cool. can't help but think, odds are, in at least one of the pic's. they are aliens out there somewhere doing it.






and you photographed it. and that makes you a pervert.

 

[Doom!]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. I wonder if we will exist as a species, long enough to do any serious space exploration/colonization. Gotta love nature and all of the mysteries the universe has to offer.

 

[TheRadWarrior]

This post made me remember that I actually have a nice telescope! I need to get it out of storage and try and figure out how to use it.

 

[Chubaka]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. I wonder if we will exist as a species, long enough to do any serious space exploration/colonization. Gotta love nature and all of the mysteries the universe has to offer.

They better figure it out fast before the earth shakes our species off like fleas.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Back in my wild days, you would be surprised at some of the stuff I seen.

 

[slowngreen]

Must be one hell of a phone! Lol. Killer pics.

 

[rhill]

cool. can't help but think, odds are, in at least one of the pic's. they are aliens out there somewhere doing it.






and you photographed it. and that makes you a pervert.

I have been told I am a perv on more than one occasion......

 

[CertifiedMike]

cool. can't help but think, odds are, in at least one of the pic's. they are aliens out there somewhere doing it.






and you photographed it. and that makes you a pervert.

Pervert??? You're the one trying to look at Uranus! Talk about a black hole!!!

 

[Alwaysonauto]

Nice shots!
I'm still trying to get a decent picture of the moon.

 

[desmobob]

Pervert??? You're the one trying to look at Uranus! Talk about a black hole!!!

It is impossible for me to be involved in a conversation that involves telescopes and not work in some kind of Uranus reference (usually it's: "If you squint really hard, you can see Uranus!").

Nice shots!
I'm still trying to get a decent picture of the moon.

This one is nothing special but was taken with an inexpensive Nikkor zoom (200-500mm f/5.6) on a crop-sensor DSLR (Nikon D500). f/8 at 1/400. I can imagine what a nice image a person could get through a decent telescope...

 

[CreepyQuarryCrawler]

It is impossible for me to be involved in a conversation that involves telescopes and not work in some kind of Uranus reference (usually it's: "If you squint really hard, you can see Uranus!").



This one is nothing special but was taken with an inexpensive Nikkor zoom (200-500mm f/5.6) on a crop-sensor DSLR (Nikon D500). f/8 at 1/400. I can imagine what a nice image a person could get through a decent telescope...

Dang that's nice!

I'm a Nikon guy too. Not a great photo but this was from my balcony in Cuba, I was just goofing around with the 20-70 kit lens

 

[desmobob]

Dang that's nice!

I'm a Nikon guy too. Not a great photo but this was from my balcony in Cuba, I was just goofing around with the 20-70 kit lens

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Thanks. One thing that helps a moon photo is to take it when the moon is NOT full... that way, you get some shadow details on the topography. Full moon photos usually lack the crater details/shadows.

 

[Doom!]

That's no moon that's a space station!

Another member of the Nikon moon photo club.

 

[desmobob]

Sweet!

I used a Nikon F2AS as an enlisted Navy Journalist (JO2) back in the mid-1980s. My Nikon arsenal is a bit ridiculous... I've accumulated a pile of them in the last 40 or so years... I have an F2S, an F3HP, two F4s's, and an FG for shooting film, D200 and D500 DSLRs (sold my D750 last year) and a Z 7II mirrorless, and lots of lenses from all eras to go with them.

Photography is magic... you can freeze an instant in time so you can remember it forever and thoroughly examine all the details that you didn't have time to notice as that instant was flying by into history.

It used to take some effort to make photographs and not everyone bothered. Today, almost everyone has a phone with them 24/7 (not me; I don't own a mobile phone!) with a nicely capable camera built in. A lot more memories get recorded.

 

[CreepyQuarryCrawler]

Sweet!

I used a Nikon F2AS as an enlisted Navy Journalist (JO2) back in the mid-1980s. My Nikon arsenal is a bit ridiculous... I've accumulated a pile of them in the last 40 or so years... I have an F2S, an F3HP, two F4s's, and an FG for shooting film, and a D500 DSLR (sold my D750 last year) and a Z 7II mirrorless, and lots of lenses from all eras to go with them.

Photography is magic... .

That's awesome!
Couldn't agree more with all your points.

I would love more lenses and one day, upgrade to a mirrorless body... I have too many hobbies lol

 

[Doom!]

I've got a pair of Nikon D5600's with assorted lenses.

 

[WickedFog]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. I wonder if we will exist as a species, long enough to do any serious space exploration/colonization. Gotta love nature and all of the mysteries the universe has to offer.

Funny you should ask. I just watched a Space X show yesterday where they mentioned that. To reach the nearest supposedly habitable planet with Viyager 1 propulsion, it would take about 73... thousand years lol.

We have a probe that can do over 400,000 mph. Now. It would be much faster. Only 6500 years

Not til someone invents a warp drive or learns how to fold space.

 

[Alwaysonauto]

I used to shoot Nikon too, then I went mirrorless with Sony since Nikon was so slow to go mirrorless. I've adapted all my Nikon lenses to my Sony's.

My biggest hinderance to getting a good shot at the moon, IMO, is the atmosphere here is too 'dirty', be it with smog, fog or just plain clouds.