AstroPhotography

Grahamxx
Grahamxx Forum Participant Posts: 9
edited June 2017 in Your Hobbies #1

My hobby is astrophotography. This is basically photographing anything in the night sky or even pictures of our Sun with a Solar telescope.

If there are any others who practice this dark art do let me know. Or if it's something you know nothing about but would like to know more I will be happy to advise.

My own website is http://www.lumacomi-observatory.com/ where you can see some of my work.

Now that we have "Merv" (our motorhome) my wife and I want to take advantage of some of the dark sky's that many sites offer.

If you see me pointing a telescope up to the sky come and say hello!

The picture attached s the MilkyWay (our own Galaxy) taken in Crawley West Sussex

 

Graham

Clear Sky's

 

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  • Oneputt
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    edited June 2017 #2

    Hi Graham, have passed your website details to my brother who dabbles in astrophotography.  He lives in his MH full time and spends the winters with some likeminded friends in Sicily following their hobby

  • ValDa
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    edited June 2017 #3

    We're lucky enough to have a house in a 'dark sky' area of France, and last year spent many happy hours on our roof terrace watching the stars.  My brother is hoping to join us again, but this year will bring his telescope - so we're in for even more interesting star watching.

  • Bakers2
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    edited June 2017 #4

    I'm intrigued by the night sky but know nothing about it, I can recognise the moon 😉. I can assure you if I saw you on site I'd be asking for a bit of a lesson. We have some friends who we meet up with camping and he knows a bit. Very interesting but sadly I soon loose any knowledge I had gained 😂😂

  • Oneputt
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    edited June 2017 #5

    I have Skyview app on both my phone and I Pad, so can scan the sky and it will tell me what's about.  

     

    Great photos Graham 

  • Dave L S
    Dave L S Forum Participant Posts: 105
    edited August 2018 #6

    Hi Graham

    Not so long ago, I was seriously into astro-imaging, and like you, had a fully equipped observatory, with an attached 'warm room', in the garden.

    I pursued this hobby for some twelve years, while living in a rural village, without street lighting. I also ran an online astro-imaging group, of some 300+ members.

    In 2015, we moved to a larger nearby village, with facilities on-hand (Drs, and shop etc), but with street lighting. Knowing it would no longer be the same, without the dark skies I had enjoyed, I gave up, and sold everything.

    I am now seriously into photography, and having just returned to caravanning, after a break of some 10 years (now with Motorhome), I'm looking forward to getting out and about with the camera.

    You can see a few examples of my old astro-imaging work, on my photography website at:

     http://davesimaging.wixsite.com/mysite

    Dave

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2018 #7

    Graham,  

    What kit would you recommend for a novice.  It must be portable, be able to accept a Cannon DSLR and not be too expensive.  Thanks in advance

     

  • mickysf
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    edited August 2018 #8

    I've always been fascinated by the 'heavenly vista' and am in awe of those capable of capturing that moment in time of our astral (not para) observations. It's beyond my ken and squeezes my mellon but nevertheless its absolutely beautiful and totally bogging at the same time.

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