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Postby Big V on Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:27 am

The moon is starting to have an effect, so time to start guiding. 5 and half minute exposure..no fancy background tonight, had to wait till it was almost setting to counteract the moon.
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Postby wendellt on Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:44 am

i think this one is a much better one
the stars are crazy
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Postby BBJ on Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:51 am

Not bad Virgs, and goon onya with the one in that uk paper. it was cloudy here last nite so didnt bother and well why should i when i can look at your pics.LOL
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:49 pm

Fantastic. One of the best yet.
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Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:23 pm

Awsome pic Big V.
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Postby DanielA on Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:49 pm

I like the colour in this one, but I think it is a little cramped. I think it needs a bit more space at the bottom.

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Postby Sherlock on Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:08 pm

No noise or anything. This picture truly amazes me. The tail from the comet is so colourful and wide spread.
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Postby Laurie on Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:46 pm

day-am!
nice shot

love the comet trail.
well done
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Postby Geoff on Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:31 pm

Excellent!!
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Postby jammy2 on Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:31 am

Wowsers...excellent comet capture with twinkling stars
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Postby bumthology on Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:52 am

That is an awesome shot!
Just one question,
Is it possible to take pics of stars like that with my d40? :)
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:48 am

Holy crap!! :shock:

"One comet under million stars" :D
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Postby Marvin on Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:05 am

Good one Virgs!

Bumthology - yes I would think it is possible to take these with your d40.
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Postby Stargazer on Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:22 am

Niiiiice! 8)

5½ min exposure ... and the other settings? :cough:
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Postby Big V on Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:38 am

17mm lens, Canon 30D f5.6 400 ISO..
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Postby bumthology on Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:53 am

wow,
at what shutterspeed would make the milkyway visible?
also if i was to get a remote, would i have to hold the button down for 5 minutes? :O
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Postby rflower on Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:15 pm

bumthology wrote:wow,
also if i was to get a remote, would i have to hold the button down for 5 minutes? :O


With my experience in the D50, set the camera to Bulb shutter speed (not sure if the D40 has one ...). Press the Timer / Remote button on camera a few times (until just the Remote icon appears in top panel). Press the remote once to open shutter, and again to close shutter.

Not sure if this is the same with the D40 (but I would think i t will be similar :D )

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Postby Big V on Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:17 pm

To capture the milky way in detail and colour, you will need a minimum of 30 seconds but more is better. This stuff is faint, so you need long exposures to cature enough signal to improve the signal to noise ratio. If you expose to short at high ISO, noise is the dominant factor in your image, so go long and of course if possible use a Canon :)
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