SingAstro

Always nice to see galaxies taken in sg, and pretty damn incredible without a tracker!! ISO doesn't really make a difference because most modern cameras are pretty iso invariant, but still higher iso (higher gain) might have slightly lower read noise. Also the stretching done after stacking will neg...

Cool blog! Love seeing these pictures of the active sun.

Everyone's favourite target. It's great!

Way to go! Heartening to the see the next generation of students still loving the hobby :D . When I was about your age I tried building a barn door tracker without much success but I'm sure you'll do better. Feel free to post on the diy thread if you need help, I'm sure there are others here with so...

If you're planning to use it for day photography too, I'd say those considerations could take priority as it'll affect your lens choices, shooting style. For astrophography i think any modern dslr or mirrorless released in the past decade is pretty decent. I use Nikon and the oldest I'd recommend is...

I currently use two foldable stools of different heights. Only gets me two fixed heights but I find it pretty alright.

Manual Orion 5-Position 1.25" Filter Wheel - $60 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51221617658_551c153511_n.jpg 20210602_222751 by joachimong , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51221617873_cdc76abd45_n.jpg 20210602_222835 by joachimong , on Flickr 50mm Guide Scope - SOLD Finder ...

1. Celestron UHC / LPR filter --- SOLD
Broadband filter. Used to use for imaging.




2. QHY5L-II-C --- SOLD
Colour version
Planetary / guide camera.



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Joachim

Mercury, approaching maximum western elongation, exhibiting an almost half phase. It seems like seeing in the morning is generally more stable! Imaged this at 8am which was probably a little too late. Also imaged through a diagonal as I wanted to minimize the risk of losing the planet when swapping ...

Some active regions on the Sun in December: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51042034236_c046acd6e3_w.jpg Stitched image of the full disk. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51027495473_3e2b4fd8d2.jpg Close up of sunspots https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51028218716_174be17439.jpg Sunspots an...