I'm doing long exposure terrestrial photography, not astrophotography. But I figure you folks would know best about such things. I have a Nikon Zf. And I'm wondering if there would be any noticeable noise-reduction benefit to adding a cooler? Example: Ulanzi CU01
I want to do exposures ranging from a few minutes to a half hour.
I’ve bought a ton of different things trying to get to work and still nothing. What I currently have now is:
-SV219 Telescope Dovetail Plate
-NEEWER QB-NA
-SmallRig L-bracket
-Sirui KS-20 ball head
Nothing works!! The NEEWER doesn’t fit on the dovetail. Neither does my camera.
Am I missing something??!
Edit: picture link below
https://imgur.com/a/APO6DSI
Hi everyone,
First of all, thank you to everyone who helped me on last week’s post about my very first polar alignment: it worked! I managed to shoot Andromeda and stack the frames. It’s very rudimentary, but I’m really happy: it’s my first deep-sky photo, and watching a galaxy appear is something else.
Gear: Sony A7III + Svbony SV555 APO (243 mm, f/4.5) on a Star Adventurer GTi. 58 × 30 s at ISO 800 (about 29 min total), stacked in Siril. No darks, flats or bias for this first one.
(photo here : https://ibb.co/7NK0gtB6)
I now have lots of questions:
Capture
Darks, flats, bias
Processing
Thanks in advance, and clear skies!
I've been researching where to order astrophotography prints. I'm struggling to find a business that accepts high file sizes at a reasonable price. Any suggestions?
Hey all. Currently imaging via the zwo ecosystem, asiair plus and 2600 colour. Looking to change to open source controller and mono camera.
Any opinions on the Astro PC Pro 2 controller?
Camera wise, looking pretty firmly at the Player One Poseidon M Pro, and Scorpio LRGB/SHO filter sets.
Would appreciate any feedback, open to being convinced otherwise.
Tyvm for any help.
After imaging the supernova in NGC 7331 the other night it became painfully obvious my optic's focal length is pushing the limits of what detail can be seen. In looking at various sources there's just 30 or so galaxies visible in the northern hemisphere that are larger.
So the question is what's the minimum focal length I should consider to image the thousands of galaxies say between 1 to 4 arcminutes in size which could render some detail?
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I've only been using it for about a month or so, but it seems like the R.A. motor is slipping and when it isn't, the image doesn't track very well regardless. It will slip and catch itself before the target moves completely out of frame, or it will just stop tracking the R.A. completely. When I press on the controller I can hear it turning and making a buzzing sound while the worm gear stays still. I'm fairly certain it has something to do with the connection between the two, or maybe too much pressure is being put on the worm gear? When it is working, the image in my camera will slowly sway back and forth over the course of about 20 seconds, which isn't a huge deal for planetary photography but it limits my exposure to about 3-5s max. I have a theory as to the issue, as I'm using an Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph with equipment on a Losmandy GM8 mount. The weight capacity is technically 30 pounds, and my equipment likely totals around 33-34 pounds, but I really don't like that answer because I love my 10" and I don't want to get another telescope or mount. Is it just a weight capacity issue?
i have just stacked around 1600 frames of IC434 in siril, and it make this weird blue rectangle thingy around the main part of the nebula, it completly ruins me trying to pre-process it in astrowizard, how do i fix this? i do not wanna crop the image that much
Notes: i use a seestar s30 pro and used the seestar pre processing script in siril
Hello, this is actually my first post on reddit. I recently moved into a new house and am away from the city lights, I live in a bortle 4-5. I have a Seestar S50 (I know its fake astrophotography). I want to start taking time lapses of the Milky Way and take long exposure shots in general of it. I dont have the money to be able to drop a couple thousand dollars on a good Camera due to my wife and I having a baby soon (our first). i want something small, but also capable, something that after i buy it I wont regret getting something a little more capable. I have been looking at the GoPro Mission 1 Pro, I have read a lot about it, and it seems really good, but also wanted to come onto here and see what everyone else thinks. The most i would spend realistically would be $1500. But I would really like to keep it under $1,000. More towards the GoPro price or less. I appreciate everyones time who comments!!!