Bob in Baltimore

Here is a tighter crop of the same image. Brightened up a bit. Doesn't show that stars as well. From Baltimore, MD 2 Sec, ISO 800 6" telescope at abt f/7 by David Lim and myself. 3 min before max ...

Shot by David Lim and myself using his 6" telescope (abt 900 mm focal length) & my Nikon D850. ISO 800, 2 seconds. Seeing was bad & and wind shake was a problem. This was just one of the good 2 ...

Nice start Vitée. 85 mm is a bit short for a lunar photography unless you are placing it in a nighttime landscape scene. But if thats what you have ... go fo it! Looks like you nailed the exposure, ...

I was in touch with him in August. He gave some help in locating a site in Oregon. Thought he'd be back on the forum by now. Hey Gentleman Russ! We miss your calming influence, not to mention your ...

Wonderful image!! But the reference is not all that obscure to some of us. Henize 70 was discovered by the American astronomer, Karl Henize, with whom I was acquainted. He was a productive ...

This is a big nothing. For a few weeks we will have another satellite in orbit. It will be as bright as a star in the Big Dipper, which is to say, perhaps a second magnitude star. It will move ...

Stunning is indeed the right description! To paraphrase Louis Pasteur, fortune favors the prepared photographer. (And, well, yes, your mind was involved as well.) Great shots.

I have made this shot a number of times. Unfortunately, this is not a particularly good event. The Moon is rising significantly to the south of the Capital from any reasonable shooting location, ...

Each eclipse is different in magnitude than any other. The numbers Jack is providing are useful for you in planning, but the way to get a good exposure is to shoot and look at the results. During ...

Hi AstroDad1, Sorry it has taken me a few days to respond. I like this a better, but you still have over-sharpening problems IMHO. There were some threads a while back about ways to get rid of the ...

Nice image, but in my opinion it is seriously over-sharpened. Key indicators are the bright rim around the right and the numerous blown out small bright craters. Would love to see a reprocessed ...

Lots of good answers have been posted. But I'd like to try a different approach. Imagine that someone has planted a scale model of the Milky Way using leaves on trees to outline where the stars ...

Wow! You really did a nice job of "light painting" with that large external light source! ;=)

Some of those folks not interested in the putative Nikon mirrorless camera will soon be complaining about the blather about a non-extant camera on the DX or FX forum. Some of the folks who are ...

Well, the most helpful reply was from Dawn Tech. The shipped me a replacement unit that arrived today. No charge. It works like a charm! Talk about "plug and play"! I plugged it in to the 10-pin ...

Dawn Tech is sending me another unit. I explained the symptoms and sked for a replacement. They agreed. Very fine attitude at Dawn Tech! I will post the results when I get the replacement. Thanx to ...

No backup camera available right now. Yes, I did try the info buttons.

Seems unlikely, and indeed, it made no difference. Thanx.

Nope. Nothing in the metadata.

This model doesn't use a cable. It fits right on to the ten pin port. Makes the real estate a bit overcrowded but i prefer that to having a dangling cable and/or occupying the hot shoe. For a ...