First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
Pretty damn good for a first shot with new equipment! I think you're learning curve is going to be a very gentle slope. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
Dave, That's actually very good. Could we persuade you to write a short guest piece about it for inclusion in the planetarium's blog? What it's like to break-in a new camera for astrophotography, why you're doing it, what you hope to do with it - that sort of thing? Do you have a Facebook page about this to which we could point people? Let us know. Thanks, Seth Jarvis sjarvis@slco.org -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:50 AM To: Charlotte Gary; Candice Gary; Utah Astronomy; Dennis McClure Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013) First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
I’ll work on something. I don’t have a Facebook page, but I could direct people to my wife’s blog page if that’s OK? It’s for quilters, but she doesn’t mind if I direct people with other interests there. It may take me a day or two. Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Dave,
That's actually very good.
Could we persuade you to write a short guest piece about it for inclusion in the planetarium's blog? What it's like to break-in a new camera for astrophotography, why you're doing it, what you hope to do with it - that sort of thing?
Do you have a Facebook page about this to which we could point people?
Let us know. Thanks,
Seth Jarvis sjarvis@slco.org
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:50 AM To: Charlotte Gary; Candice Gary; Utah Astronomy; Dennis McClure Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013)
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
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Quilting + Deep Sky Photography, it's a natural partnership. It gets cold just standing around a telescope! If you've got ~400-700 words on the subject of your "first light" with a new camera and how you came to be interested in astrophotography that would be of interest to beginners, we'd love to feature that on our blog. Thanks, Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:05 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013) I'll work on something. I don't have a Facebook page, but I could direct people to my wife's blog page if that's OK? It's for quilters, but she doesn't mind if I direct people with other interests there. It may take me a day or two. Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Dave,
That's actually very good.
Could we persuade you to write a short guest piece about it for inclusion in the planetarium's blog? What it's like to break-in a new camera for astrophotography, why you're doing it, what you hope to do with it - that sort of thing?
Do you have a Facebook page about this to which we could point people?
Let us know. Thanks,
Seth Jarvis sjarvis@slco.org
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:50 AM To: Charlotte Gary; Candice Gary; Utah Astronomy; Dennis McClure Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013)
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
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PS: Nice shots! ________________________________ From: Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013) I’ll work on something. I don’t have a Facebook page, but I could direct people to my wife’s blog page if that’s OK? It’s for quilters, but she doesn’t mind if I direct people with other interests there. It may take me a day or two. Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Dave,
That's actually very good.
Could we persuade you to write a short guest piece about it for inclusion in the planetarium's blog? What it's like to break-in a new camera for astrophotography, why you're doing it, what you hope to do with it - that sort of thing?
Do you have a Facebook page about this to which we could point people?
Let us know. Thanks,
Seth Jarvis sjarvis@slco.org
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:50 AM To: Charlotte Gary; Candice Gary; Utah Astronomy; Dennis McClure Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013)
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
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On 11 Mar 2013, at 11:05, Dave Gary wrote:
I’ll work on something. I don’t have a Facebook page, but I could direct people to my wife’s blog page if that’s OK? It’s for quilters, but she doesn’t mind if I direct people with other interests there. It may take me a day or two.
Dave
As a SLAS member you can set up an album on the SLAS Gallery (http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php) to display your pictures. What's say you do that? patrick
Dave, I agree w/Chuck. I have been waiting for just a bit warmer weather to make my first stab with my new gear. I will be very happy if I can come somewhat near your first try. What is your camera? 73 On 3/11/2013 9:49 AM, Dave Gary wrote:
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
The camera is an SBIG 8300C with the auto-guiding package. I know the pixel resolution is better with the black-and-white camera using a filter wheel for the color, but I’m too stupid to do all that. Heck, I forgot to do the dark subtraction. Didn’t have any darks to subtract. Obviously, you don’t have to guide for M42. Good thing. I set up the auto-guide package, anyway, just to go through the motion of setting it up. Word of advice, don’t leave PHD Guiding without making sure the program has gone through it’s calibration function. I left PHD, jumped into Nebulosity (I’d already been in the program and had done the focus routine) and started taking preview images of M42 with the guiding package running. Guess what? Those shots were really funky-looking. The guide camera is calibrating the mount and I’m snapping previews right and left. I look at the first preview under guiding and I thought, ‘this camera sucks‘. I went back into focus mode and notice the image jumping around with each 1-second focus iteration. I went back to the PHD window and realized what was happening. Push-Here-Dummy, obviously, didn’t take me into account. Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
Dave, I agree w/Chuck. I have been waiting for just a bit warmer weather to make my first stab with my new gear. I will be very happy if I can come somewhat near your first try. What is your camera? 73
On 3/11/2013 9:49 AM, Dave Gary wrote:
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
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Thanks Chuck, Larry, Seth and Tyler for the comments. It should be clear, tonight. Hopefully, I’ll be at it again. I couldn’t see the comet last night. There was a bank of clouds on the western horizon. Maybe tonight. On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
The camera is an SBIG 8300C with the auto-guiding package. I know the pixel resolution is better with the black-and-white camera using a filter wheel for the color, but I’m too stupid to do all that. Heck, I forgot to do the dark subtraction. Didn’t have any darks to subtract. Obviously, you don’t have to guide for M42. Good thing. I set up the auto-guide package, anyway, just to go through the motion of setting it up. Word of advice, don’t leave PHD Guiding without making sure the program has gone through it’s calibration function. I left PHD, jumped into Nebulosity (I’d already been in the program and had done the focus routine) and started taking preview images of M42 with the guiding package running. Guess what? Those shots were really funky-looking. The guide camera is calibrating the mount and I’m snapping previews right and left. I look at the first preview under guiding and I thought, ‘this camera sucks‘. I went back into focus mode and notice the image jumping around with each 1-second focus iteration. I went back to the PHD window and realized what was happening. Push-Here-Dummy, obviously, didn’t take me into account.
Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
Dave, I agree w/Chuck. I have been waiting for just a bit warmer weather to make my first stab with my new gear. I will be very happy if I can come somewhat near your first try. What is your camera? 73
On 3/11/2013 9:49 AM, Dave Gary wrote:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965...
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Larry and Dave, when I first got my digital astro camera, I spent half an hour looking for the film advance lever. On Mar 11, 2013 2:14 PM, "Larry Holmes" <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
Like you say, lots to learn. Sounds like a very nice setup. 73
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In a few more years I’ll, probably, have enough know-how to have a “Dummies” book published. I’ve got one title: “Carrots for Night Vision. How to Image Like a Vegetarian”. Or this soon-to-be classic (not related to imaging), “Bowling Balls from Airplanes. How to Simulate a Meteorite Apocalypse”. Sorry Patrick, I couldn’t resist. Besides, you know I’ll never have that much knowledge. Dave On Mar 11, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Larry and Dave, when I first got my digital astro camera, I spent half an hour looking for the film advance lever. On Mar 11, 2013 2:14 PM, "Larry Holmes" <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
Like you say, lots to learn. Sounds like a very nice setup. 73
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On 11 Mar 2013, at 14:30, Chuck Hards wrote:
Larry and Dave, when I first got my digital astro camera, I spent half an hour looking for the film advance lever.
I know the feeling. A couple of years ago I had a speaking engagement in Richfield. I mentioned that to another SLAS member (who shall remain anonymous) and he asked if he could come along so he could visit a friend in Richfield. I said sure but since my truck is not the most comfortable we met at the car rental place in Tooele and picked up a rental car. We got in, sat down and as it was hot started looking for the window control buttons. I'll bet we searched all around for a good couple of minutes before we realized the windows were the old hand crank style. No buttons. Just cranks. Grins, patrick
Ever see a kid with a rotary-dial telephone? They stick their fingers in the holes and wait for a beep or something. As far as my daughter is concerned, if a phone has a cord- even a land-line- it belongs in a museum alongside the Model T, Victrola, wristwatch, and typewriter. On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
On 11 Mar 2013, at 14:30, Chuck Hards wrote:
Larry and Dave, when I first got my digital astro camera, I spent half an hour looking for the film advance lever.
I know the feeling. A couple of years ago I had a speaking engagement in Richfield. I mentioned that to another SLAS member (who shall remain anonymous) and he asked if he could come along so he could visit a friend in Richfield.
I said sure but since my truck is not the most comfortable we met at the car rental place in Tooele and picked up a rental car.
We got in, sat down and as it was hot started looking for the window control buttons. I'll bet we searched all around for a good couple of minutes before we realized the windows were the old hand crank style. No buttons. Just cranks.
Really nice work Dave! It looks like all the pieces are in place and working together beautifully. You are in for some fun. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:50 AM To: Charlotte Gary; Candice Gary; Utah Astronomy; Dennis McClure Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M42 (Orion Nebula: 3/10/2013) First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8548168827/in/set-7215763297306965 0/ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
VERY nice. And I'm glad to see you're sticking with monochrome for now. Too many people try doing color right off the bat. Best to learn the basics first, hone your skills and then sometime down the road try color. Again, very nice! patrick On 11 Mar 2013, at 09:49, Dave Gary wrote:
First light with new camera. Huge learning curve ahead.
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