Jim Olson
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I took this shot the other night in my backyard. I think it's okay for a first attempt. Also got a meteor in the shot
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This was my first attempt at astrophotography
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Jim Olson
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Had one heck of a time trying to upload this image. I had to reset it many times.
Asher Kelman
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Sorry! Could be your file was too big!
Generally 100k to 500k is all that’s needed!
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Jim Olson
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Yes it was and I tried to edit it but it was still 1.4 MB so I had to resize it but it did work.
Asher Kelman
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I have an app on my iPhone, Image Size which I recommend just for this purpose!Yes it was and I tried to edit it but it was still 1.4 MB so I had to resize it but it did work.
Jim Olson
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Most of the time I just edit on my laptop, but it has seen better days. So while I was reinstalling Windows & Linux on my wife's old laptop, I did download a program to my Android phone to resize.
Asher Kelman
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What is the technique you are using: long exposure and prayer, a tracker or what?
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Jim Olson
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Yes to both long exp and prayer. My exp was 30 sec (but it was to long for my lens) I should not go over 28 sec, but I wasn't really seeing it with the LCD display.
After I downloaded I saw that I should have used the 25 sec to play it safe. No tracker. But I did have fun playing around with it. I'll try again but we have smoke from the Cal fires so it won't be tonight.
Jim Olson
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Okay, here is something from 3AM this morning. I got a meteor.
Asher Kelman
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Wow!
An accident or you knew it was coming?
Asher
An accident or you knew it was coming?
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Jim Olson
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I was just taking random shot over the house (that's where the Milky Way was) and caught it.
So I guess accident
yesFunny Question, actually
On some busy nights, chances are relatively high if the exposure is long enough.
Asher Kelman
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Rene,Funny Question, actually
On some busy nights, chances are relatively high if the exposure is long enough.
I actually had no idea of the frequency of meteors! But our solar system is obviously a very busy place!
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Benwulfphotography
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Very cool! Bw