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Saturn at Opposition, July 2019

July 23, 2019 Paul 844 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Saturn

As I had not filmed Saturn since last year, I was very worried that the results would not be good.

My astrophotography journal came in very handy this week as I put my telescope and camera and lenses back into full service.

What is neat about lining all three images side-by-side is that they were taken with the same telescope and same equipment setup.

March 3, 2018 Paul 982 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

Though I missed taking a picture of the Full Moon on March 1st, I did get this picture the following night of the early Waning Moon.

December 7, 2017 Paul 1005 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

On this very cold but very clear night, the aging Waning Moon shown brightly from the East.

It will be a challenge to get the ISO and exposures right, since Saturn is fainter than Jupiter.

June 12, 2017 Paul 1140 Views 0 Comments DSLR, ISS

On Sunday night yesterday, I attempted more pictures during the ISS’s even longer four-minute flyby.

Five weeks. That is how long I had to wait from my first session photographing Leo the Lion to my second.

June 1, 2017 Paul 1090 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

Here is a tip for checking camera settings on an image. Most newer cameras should store these settings as part of the image file’s metadata.

The important aspect of this picture is that it captures all of Jupiter’s Galilean moons.