My Astrophotography Progress (in random order)

CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
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Orion Nebula

85/f1.4 stopped down to f/2.8 on ISO2000
Stack of 36 at 4secs each
Changi Beach Park - 1st time went there, cabbing there at 4am!! those pavement lights really ... [smilie=hate.gif]

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Beautiful! Worth the trip!

Is the renovation there over? Especially the most northern part of the beach?
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Gary wrote:Beautiful! Worth the trip!

Is the renovation there over? Especially the most northern part of the beach?
u mean the playground in renovation? yes! since i never went there before, i dont know how it look like before. and yes there are constructions here n there too
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shot near nicoll highway stn, a few hours ago. though this foto not exactly astro-related, but this was shot toward the Sagittarius/Scorpio direction. some of the brighter stars were still captured.

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Nice shot! Thanks for sharing. Such photos have a nice effect on those who just conveniently assume we can't see any stars in Singapore because of light pollution.
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Nice shot. can't figure out what those 3 stars in a row are...:) Not enough to draw a constellation...
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Airconvent wrote:Nice shot. can't figure out what those 3 stars in a row are...:) Not enough to draw a constellation...
it shld be beta, epsilon & gamma triangulum australe.
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this was a photo shot by my friend, n he "insist" that it was a meteor. he exposed for 30s n said this "meteor" appeared at abt 29.5s. juz need to know am i correct that this is not a meteor?
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Looks like an airplane. Too evenly lit up (perhaps due to over-processing?).

This is a good example of TWO meteors captured recently by UK Meteor Network:

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Leftmost = plane. The rest = meteors.
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Gary wrote:Looks like an airplane. Too evenly lit up (perhaps due to over-processing?).

This is a good example of TWO meteors captured recently by UK Meteor Network:

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Leftmost = plane. The rest = meteors.
ya! saw many fotos on my fb timeline, all claiming a meteor... anw not sure is my analogy correct to explain to my friend. was using a needle or 2 , either 1 end is fat, the other is sharp or combined the 2 fat end of the needle where 2 end are sharp with centre bulging. since im not authoritive enuff to assert the plane streak claim, me juz let my comment died off, hahaha...

anw, i hv a good read on this http://blog.starcircleacademy.com/2012/ ... streakers/
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