LOL It's a steep learning curve, Alan. Even the most simplest of things can cause the biggest issues sometimes! Yeah, check MANUAL focus and MANUAL mode on the...
You said you mounted this on your ETX, piggyback style? If so, then two things: a. With a camera taking wide field Milky Way on an alt-az mount (i.e. one that...
Hey, We had a nice night here last night so I took the LX200 out and tried taking some snaps with the new wedge mount. I left my wedge instructions at home...
Very Cool Phil, Dang it, every time so far, eaithe my camera wont work, or the weather gets clouded over. I have yet been able to trip the shutter on mine, ...
Thanks, folks. Gosh it's hard, though. I spent two additional hours trying to shoot the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triffid Nebula. Because I didn't have a...
How did you go, Alan? Any good shots? I did a visual observing night on Friday but took the D40 for some wide field experiments. I managed to get a quick...
Man Phil, I can't win for loosing. A couple of guys from the local Astronomy club out, one guy had a 12 1/2" Dob. Any way the sky came mostly cloudy so didn't...
Well, while I was taking shots the other night I kept in mind what you said about the "Image is Too Dark" error. To be honest, I saw that on screen as well,...
Hey Alan, good stuff, you got there and the perseverance paid off! So, the 20 minute exposures, were they 20 mins total or made up of smaller exposure images...
I spent last night training my new equatorial wedge. Sky conditions were weird here in central Texas - lovely and clear but a lot of "stuff" in the atmosphere,...
Wow, fantastic! I like the M11 open cluster too! how was the camera settings and exposure like? ... TheNikonD40AstrophotogrphyGroup@yahoogroups.com,...
Thanks Phil, It was a single exposure of 20 minutes and the camera was piggybacked on my old Celestron. Next time Iam going to tryit piggyback on the ETX. Alan...
Gday, Last night was really nice in Austin. Took the scope out to the local observing spot, did the best polar alignment I could and took this shot of the M20...
Wow, nice shot! Did you get the software off the web? It is amazing actually for me to see the capability of the D4o in these shots, since it is not designed...
WOW, WOW Phil, Fantastic Shots. Went out tonight to try a few photos with my D400, got it all set up, and camera said Battery needs to be recharged. Arrgh, ...
Thanks, Siti. Yes, I got Deep Sky Stacker off the web (it is freeware). I quite like the software. A word of caution, though. I am stacking about 27 minutes...
Thanks Alan!!!! One thing I do is leave my D40 battery on the charger the day before I head out for a shooting session, even if it is mostly full of juice. ......
Hey Phil, and Siti, I guess I did get a photo after all, and will post it latter. I am going to try and get another battery and have one charged all of the...
Last night I got a really good alignment with my LX200. Despite some windy conditions, I attempted two objects; M27 Dumbbell Nebula and M57 Ring Nebula. I have...
Nice! Especially the dumbell nebula! Just to check, is your scope an 8"? and how long is the exposure that you require for details to appear but before...
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