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!
According to the photographer, this is a 4 part 6 x 5min mosiac. Notice how short is the exposre? Yes..only 5 minutes. I am sure even with a normal eq mount, we can try this....
The author has more goodies over at his site here....
WOW Didn't know that such impressive images can be achieved using digital cameras. Always thot they produce grainy astro-photos... Guess technology and technqiues are rapidly improving.
weixing wrote:Hi,
I think the most importance thing the photographer have that we don't have is dark skies..... too bad......
Nah...he mentioned all he had was a mag 5 skies. We are not that far off.
But maybe he got good transparencies. Can easily get this in Mersing.
Imagine that all he does is 6 shots of 5 min each. That's not really difficult....because you can take a rest after each shot. Also, he don't have to take them in RGB because the camera itself is colour. Save plenty of time.
But I think he has very good image processing skills. He use Neat Image to tidy up the noises, then IP to process the pictures and then finally Photoshop for further refinements.
Didn't know that such impressive images can be achieved using digital cameras. Always thot they produce grainy astro-photos... Guess technology and technqiues are rapidly improving. 
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