http://5693 with names by Bob Sapey, on Flickr
My first photo of 2021. It was an almost clear sky yesterday and before the moonrise a lot of stars were visible.
I was experimenting with my mini tracker, a clockwork machine that takes a bit of guesswork to get right. This is a 61 second exposure at 17mm (1.6 crop factor) and f/2.8. While there's a little trailing, I think the tracker settings were fairly good for this one. Without it I wouldn't have managed any more than 20 seconds.
I was able to keep the ISO down to 320, though I do think it is a bit under-exposed. Next time I'll try 640.
Once I'd done a bit of fiddling in LR, I realised I only really recognised Pleiades, so with the help of Stellarium I have done a bit of labelling. So a mediocre photo, but good for learning.
My first photo of 2021. It was an almost clear sky yesterday and before the moonrise a lot of stars were visible.
I was experimenting with my mini tracker, a clockwork machine that takes a bit of guesswork to get right. This is a 61 second exposure at 17mm (1.6 crop factor) and f/2.8. While there's a little trailing, I think the tracker settings were fairly good for this one. Without it I wouldn't have managed any more than 20 seconds.
I was able to keep the ISO down to 320, though I do think it is a bit under-exposed. Next time I'll try 640.
Once I'd done a bit of fiddling in LR, I realised I only really recognised Pleiades, so with the help of Stellarium I have done a bit of labelling. So a mediocre photo, but good for learning.
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