In a message dated 7/27/2004 4:24:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> writes:
--- UTAHDEB@aol.com wrote:
This astrophotography stuff is harder than I thought it was. Hopefully I got a few decent pictures.
Stick with it, Debbie. Â Anything that's easy isn't worth doing. Â Mastering the difficult is what makes it worthwhile. Â And your first efforts are outstanding.
I'm certainly no expert, but from my experience imaging and socializing do not go together. Â Visual astronomy is more of a star-party activity; when taking pictures I find the fewer distractions, the better the "keeper" ratio.
I got my results back today. My results were better than I thought they would be. I have some keepers. My main problems were airplanes and framing the shots. I haven't received my magnifier yet so I feel like I was shooting blind. My tracking is good so far with mostly pinpoint stars. I may be ready to try guiding with a longer focal length lens. This Kolob Reservoir site is going to be great for astrophotography. Jim was up there working on the site today. I recorded lots of dark nebulosity in my slides. I was shooting mostly in the Sagittarius and Scorpius regions. I compared my M6 and M7 shots with O'Meara's book "The Messier Objects" and liked mine better. Now I just need to get a hold of a good slide projector. Ours is too old and it heats up the house. Not good in the summer! Anybody have a spare slide projector? I'll have to look at the slides on the laptop computer and post them as soon as the new battery arrives. Debbie
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