SingAstro

Dang, I keep looking for the "like" button. Hahaha.

Hi Chip, yup, the center was actually halfway under the horizon.

Thanks Jimmy for the compliments I'll strive to do better next time.

Thanks bro Still learning how to PP Astro pics. Not as easy as landscape or portaiture, thats for sure hahaha.

Hi all, Did some wide angle Milky Way shots while I was at the White Desert in Egypt. Beautiful seeing, moon was below horizon, no light pollution. Taken the single shot below with my 550D modded with Astrodon Ha filter on Astrotrac - single frame 120s f2.8 ISO800. http://www.singastro.org/album_pic...

Hi Gary, It was great for a noob like me to have finally met up with you and Zong Yao just now and managed to catch the double-double, resolved Alpha-Beta Centauri, M7, etc., not forgetting the highlight of the evening - Saturn. Seeing was great tonite. Saturn was tack sharp. Great fun. Thanks so mu...

I'm thinking of getting the "Astrodon" filter to mod my 550D too. Anyone have any feedback on this filter? The AstrodonInside filter for IR-filter replacement in DSLR bodies claims to let lesser NIR passing than the more popular Baader ACF/BCF competing filters, albeit slightly more expen...

The new 70-200mm Mk2 beats the 200mm Mk2. Check this out: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=687&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=3&API=2&LensComp=245&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=2 Once I get the new 1.4x and 2x Mk...

Ok thanks guys. Actually, I already bought Star Walk on the iPhone. Love the graphics haha.

I'll check out Stellarium.

Cheers.

So basically for a beginner like me, all I need is a pair of binos and my iPhone to start off on this great hobby right? Oh and good seeing conditions too.

Thanks Gary. Keep us updated