Rudy in Ottawa
High-tech Star Chasing (Explored)
Here's me at Mission Control with my new auto-guiding system on my Star Adventurer camera tracker.
The auto-guider allows me to shoot images that are 3 times longer in exposure time (180 seconds versus 60 seconds) with no loss of images due to imperfections (normally this loss is 50%). This means I can get as many quality images in a single night as it used to take 6 nights to get and they're MUCH better quality images shot at lower ISO. With clear moonless nights happening in this area only about 3 times each month at best, often less, you can do the math and see how difficult it has been for me to acquire decent images without auto-guiding.
My astro-partners-in-crime are close by, Doug Griffith (www.flickr.com/photos/138256409@N08/?) is taking this shot with his phone and Wade Clare (www.flickr.com/photos/145470303@N06) is sitting back in his lawn chair watching the proceedings.
High-tech Star Chasing (Explored)
Here's me at Mission Control with my new auto-guiding system on my Star Adventurer camera tracker.
The auto-guider allows me to shoot images that are 3 times longer in exposure time (180 seconds versus 60 seconds) with no loss of images due to imperfections (normally this loss is 50%). This means I can get as many quality images in a single night as it used to take 6 nights to get and they're MUCH better quality images shot at lower ISO. With clear moonless nights happening in this area only about 3 times each month at best, often less, you can do the math and see how difficult it has been for me to acquire decent images without auto-guiding.
My astro-partners-in-crime are close by, Doug Griffith (www.flickr.com/photos/138256409@N08/?) is taking this shot with his phone and Wade Clare (www.flickr.com/photos/145470303@N06) is sitting back in his lawn chair watching the proceedings.