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First EVER Astrophotography Planetary photos :D

Started by bigtasty25, 06/26/2010 11:51PM
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mike selz
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Here's a few pics of my first ever AP photos...of solar system objects...was able to view the moon...venus...and saturn through my Philips SPC900NC webcam, attached to a Nexstar11. Processed them in registax. I think I underexposed the moon a little..thus the orangish tint (i think)..these are at F/10...didnt use a barlow because I felt my scope was at really high power already lol

Let me know what y'all think! Suggestions welcome smile

-Mike

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Here is venus...75% lit...15" across

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Nice Mike. A bit underexposed is nice as you didn't saturate highlights. Actually you can push to f25 or f30 if seeing is really good. Damian Peach typically does. The fact you got a sharp defined globe on Venus is alone, something to be proud of.
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