Monthly Archives: August 2012

August 29, 2012
10:57 am
by: John

Fusion Power

The Orion Nebula M42 looks nice when the exposure is sufficient to show all the neat nebulosity and dark clouds. When you show people the picture, you explain that the nebula is brightened by the central stars which you can’t … Continue reading →

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August 28, 2012
3:28 pm
by: John

First Dark

After enjoying my “first light” shots and then remembering that they had all been shot as jpegs, it was almost a month before I could try out taking shots in RAW and applying “darks”. On 15th July 2012, I set … Continue reading →

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August 25, 2012
11:41 am
by: John

First light

At 9.15 pm on the 14th of June 2012 (12 days after receiving the telescope), I achieved my first alignment and got my first guided shots. I had been taking test pictures of the Southern Cross (Crux) or more specifically, … Continue reading →

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August 12, 2012
7:34 pm
by: John

It’s just a Small Refractor …

My goals in selecting my next purchases were: * getting a bit longer exposure times than the 8 seconds used so far * magnifying the objects I had been seeing when zooming in on current photos * finding smaller objects … Continue reading →

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