Posts Made By: Jay LeSarge

New to these forums and the whole astro photography thing. I recently tried the astrophotography thing with a 35mm minolta srt101 and a celestron c8 with terrible results. I don't know if it was me or the people developing the film, but out of 24 I got 2 shots of the orion nebula. 1 I was pretty happy with the other not so much.

Can anybody recommend a good developer/printer online that specializes in astrophotography developing/printing?

Or

Can anyone tell me what I should tell the photo company about this type of photography?

2 other rolls were returned to me as too dark, and I was told that the computer wouldn't read it.

I have since let the shutter run open a little longer, but planetary is tradionally short right? A few seconds to 1/250 second? None of the planetary I shot turned out and they were excellent shots.

Can you recommend any shutter time for planets as well as deep sky for a celestron c8 for 400/800/1600 speed films?

Sorry to make this so long, but I am very discouraged and disappointed with my results and any input or help would be more than appreciated.

If you could email me directly it would be forever appreciated.

Thank you.
Jeremy
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Am I right in reading the info on these two mounts that the celestron cg5 goto mount comes with an auto-guider port and the lxd55 mount doesn't?

And if this being the case would a meade 201xt auto-guider work with the celestron's auto guider port?

Thanks.
Jeremy

Does anyone happen to know who has the best deals on brand new c8 or c9.25 optical tube assemblies with or without xlt coatings?

Thanks.
Jeremy

Not sure if this is the place to post this or if anyone can even offer anything on this.

My Olympus OM-1's light meter seems to have stopped working. Sometimes it works, and sometimes nothing. It was kind of spuratic, and now I haven't got any activity from it in a few days.

Does anyone know what could be up with it? If there is something I can check or simple fix? Or is it on its way out?

Thanks.
Jeremy Jay

Thanks for everyone's help and input on this from a newbie. I will definately check into the book and do some more reasearch. Just had all the equipment and film and wanted to get some positive results that would convince me to continue. As of my last 2 batches of film been extremely satisfied and will definately be pursuing this hobby more.

Thanks again to everyone.

Jay

Thanks for the input. I have found a couple of good dealers and prices seem to vary a little, but I have noticed there shipping can determine a better deal. One will ship a c8 optical tube for $25-$30 while another will do it for $65-$70.

Anyway thanks again.
Jeremy