Re: First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-05 Thread Beaker
On Sep 4, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Bob Blakely wrote: Interesting. The chromatic aberration produced by the lens can clearly be seen. This would not have been evident if the moon were properly exposed - but then you wouldn't have recorded any of the sisters. For stars, nebulae, etc. (not the

Re: First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Blakely
For the moon, f5.6-f/16 (depending on phase), 1/100, ISO 100. Regards, Bob... Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow. - Original Message -

Re: First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-04 Thread Bob Blakely
Interesting. The chromatic aberration produced by the lens can clearly be seen. This would not have been evident if the moon were properly exposed - but then you wouldn't have recorded any of the sisters. For stars, nebulae, etc. (not the moon) at high magnification: The following requires a

Re: First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Do you have an example of such an elaborate photograph somewhere online? Sounds pretty nifty. -Cory On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Bob Blakely wrote: Interesting. The chromatic aberration produced by the lens can clearly be seen. This would not have been evident if the moon were properly

Re: First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-04 Thread Bob Blakely
of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow. - Original Message - From: Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: Re: First Try with Astro Photography Do you have an example

First Try with Astro Photography

2007-09-03 Thread Beaker
Hi Group- Took a stab at astrophotography last night. First try overexposed the moon, but got the Pleiades. Then found a good exposure for the moon. Stopped while I was still ahead... It was prime focus with a Stellarvue AT1010. (80 mm, f/6 acromat, and Pentax K100D)