That sounds really fun, Darren. You'll have to give us a full report, which must include photos. Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was amazed to hear about a real hands-on astrophotography workshop > being offered through our local university's astronomy program, with a > NASA grant. I got signed up and our first meeting is next Friday. > > 21-Mar - Introduction and basic timed photography > 24-Mar - Constellations, Star Trails, &Sky glow > 29-Mar - Jupiter > 5-Apr - 1st quarter moon > 15-Apr - Total lunar eclipse. (LATE!) (Cannot be rescheduled due to > bad weather.) > 19-Apr - Sun and Sun Spots. > 26-Apr - M81/82, Saturn, Jupiter, & Mars > 1-May -Computer Processing and Stacking > > For the units using a telescope, they provide them. I've identified > the astrograph that I want to purchase. It is an ED glass model with a > 420mm focal length (f/6.5). I need to sell a bunch of stuff I've got > laying around to fund the purchase and there is about a 3 week waiting > list for this particular scope. > > In addition, I purchased a CMOS camera unit (Orion StarShoot Solar > System Imager IV) for doing video of solar system objects. You pick > out the best frames of video and stack them for good images of planets > like Jupiter and Saturn (along with moon & sun). > > I have a lot to learn, but this workshop should be a real > shot-in-the-arm to hit the ground running with this spring/summer. > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
