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astrophotography

  1. Robert Watcher

    Night Skies

    looking out my window tonight, I noticed Jupiter in close proximity to the crescent moon. I headed out to my dark side road for some pics. My StarTracker app showed the planet Uranus in the vicinity as well - so I was able to identify it when viewing on my computer screen when I got home. I got...
  2. Robert Watcher

    Beaver Blood Moon Full Eclipse

    A couple snaps of the full lunar eclipse this morning before, before the moon dropped below the horizon. I popped outside my home at 6:00 to capture these when the eclipse was at its full peak (6:02).
  3. A

    Hello from Audrey

    Hi there, just signed up. Is there an Astro thread on here?
  4. Tim Rucci

    Converging planets...

    I was wondering of it might be possible to photograph the converging planets, since lots of folks are talking about it now. I guess the only way to find out is to give it a try. Knowing there is not a lens big enough to capture any detail in objects that far away, I tried stacking both a 2x...
  5. J

    Astro adaptor or manufacturer convertor

    I have a Skywatcher telescope with a Nixon adapter. I now want to use a Canon on the telescope. Do I buy an adapter for Canon for the telescope or a convertor so I can use my Nikon 2x convertor with the Canon?
  6. Robert Watcher

    Waxing Crescent Moon

    Beautiful details last night.
  7. P

    Wanted: Astro images taken with camera with Foveon sensor

    I'm updating DeepSkyStacker to use libraw insted of dcraw to extract raw image data from raw files. I've now got the code working for normal Bayer matrix camaras (most of them), and Fujitsu Super-CCD cameras. What I don't have is any astrophotography RAW images taken using a camera with a...
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