photography

100 Hours of Astronomy from wowbagger ^Pro 239 days old

[ ... ] looked into solar photography a little more, it seems it’s not quite as simple as just the solar filter. I saw somewhere that in addition to the ...

Saturn from wowbagger ^Pro 245 days old

During my three hour marathon yesterday evening, I must have spent at least an hour trying to get some shots of Saturn and these are just about all I ...

The Pink Smudge‼ from wowbagger ^Pro 245 days old

Well here it is, the clump of pinkish pixels which caused me so much excitement last weekend. It’s still a bit of mystery to me, though it’s certainly ...

Observing, 20th March 2009 from wowbagger ^Pro 245 days old

Out observing for almost three hours tonight. I never realised that 7° could feel so cold, it was quite still so no wind chill but really cold by the ...

Backpedalling from wowbagger ^Pro 251 days old

Beginning to wonder if my first assessment might have been the right one? I’ve had a closer look at some of the images and my little blob of pixels ...

Fuzzy Pixels from wowbagger ^Pro 251 days old

I’ve now had chance to have a look at my photos from earlier in the day and there did not appear to be a lot to shout about. I opened them all up in ...

Sun from wowbagger ^Pro 251 days old

I was outside getting set up early to try to get some shots of M42 and thought I would see if I could get something useable from the Sun. Which turned ...

Photography from wowbagger ^Pro 253 days old

[ ... ] for low light photography down to the levels I used it at? There are a plethora of settings to be looked at and I don’t fancy making a huge ...

Venus Photos from wowbagger ^Pro 259 days old

I did remember to look over my shoulder, from taking the photos of the Moon, and when Venus appeared I moved around to have a look. I wanted to try ...

Lunar Photos from wowbagger ^Pro 259 days old

Whilst waiting for Venus to appear out of the deepening twilight yesterday evening, I thought it would be a good opportunity to have a little play with ...