Comments on: Your Eclipse Photos, Part II http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:07:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mrG http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14643 mrG Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:23:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14643 Only slightly off topic, can someone explain to me how you get a digital camera to take a picture through a 4" scope? I have a Mead 4" and every digital camera I have tried does some funky things to the image as soon as the camera becomes aligned to the eye-piece -- last lunar eclipse I did take a really nice barlow-assisted image, it was a little blurry but caught that diamond shine of a crater in the still-dark area, but I had to basically wave the camera over the eyepiece and snap quickly before the camera-computers "corrected" the view! Back in the late 80's friends at the RAS had very expensive rigs using liquid cooled CCD gear for astrophotography and I always thought that a plain digital camera would mean that world would finally open up to my sort of budget, but it's now 20 years later and I still can't share what I see through the lens :( Only slightly off topic, can someone explain to me how you get a digital camera to take a picture through a 4" scope? I have a Mead 4" and every digital camera I have tried does some funky things to the image as soon as the camera becomes aligned to the eye-piece — last lunar eclipse I did take a really nice barlow-assisted image, it was a little blurry but caught that diamond shine of a crater in the still-dark area, but I had to basically wave the camera over the eyepiece and snap quickly before the camera-computers "corrected" the view!

Back in the late 80's friends at the RAS had very expensive rigs using liquid cooled CCD gear for astrophotography and I always thought that a plain digital camera would mean that world would finally open up to my sort of budget, but it's now 20 years later and I still can't share what I see through the lens :(

]]> By: Chicago Astronomer Joe http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14482 Chicago Astronomer Joe Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:10:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14482 Thanks Fraser for including my eclipse montage contribution on one of the coldest eclipse events I ever endured. Taken thru a 5" refractor and a Canon S3 Powershot attached with adapter. Attending to visitors at the Adler Planetarium, I would grab an exposure when I could and return to the other scope for direct public observation. They are all cool and impressive. Joe Thanks Fraser for including my eclipse montage contribution on one of the coldest eclipse events I ever endured.

Taken thru a 5" refractor and a Canon S3 Powershot attached with adapter. Attending to visitors at the Adler Planetarium, I would grab an exposure when I could and return to the other scope for direct public observation.

They are all cool and impressive.

Joe

]]> By: marcellus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14440 marcellus Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:23:34 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14440 Great photos everyone! I never did believe in Peter Pan. Great photos everyone!

I never did believe in Peter Pan.

]]> By: Anne http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14418 Anne Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:58:47 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14418 Thanks for posting these, really amazing photographs there. Thanks for posting these, really amazing photographs there.

]]> By: Adam http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14386 Adam Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:23:42 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14386 Yes...quite an event. Amazing they got a Earthquake in NE Nevada..... Yes…quite an event. Amazing they got a Earthquake in NE Nevada…..

]]> By: LeJiane http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14354 LeJiane Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:43:49 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14354 To me,these photos are breathtaking! I live in the desert and at night the stars look like you could reach up and grab a handfull. On the 20th, the night was clear,the air was crisp,and what I could see with the naked eye was amazing. I only wish I'd had asked for a telescope for my birthday. But,I was very happy getting an eclipse! WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS!!!! To me,these photos are breathtaking! I live in the desert and at night the stars look like you could reach up and grab a handfull. On the 20th, the night was clear,the air was crisp,and what I could see with the naked eye was amazing. I only wish I'd had asked for a telescope for my birthday. But,I was very happy getting an eclipse!

WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS!!!!

]]> By: Pete M http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14347 Pete M Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:22:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/your-eclipse-photos-part-ii/#comment-14347 Oh poor logan...a few hugs when you were a baby probably could have saved you. Please seek help. Oh poor logan…a few hugs when you were a baby probably could have saved you. Please seek help.

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