Last night was a super fun night. @Bill Richards had invited me to go capture Astro at a dark site East of San Diego. He is a member of the San Diego Astrophotography Association and was able to take me with him to their dark sky site. It was super cool as it had concrete pads to set up on, it had power we could use, a bathroom, etc.. It was fun to meet some of the other guys out there, and to see some really insane astro gear! There was some cool domes set up on some of the permanent areas, they had some larger pads with small buildings with retractable roofs! What a super fun experience, and I am so thankful Bill invited me out there.
Bill was a great help, as some of you know I have some new Astro gear, the iOptron Gem28 astro mount, and then also a smaller astro computer, the ASIair Pro and a guide camera to help the Astro mount be more precise as it tracks during the night. So I learned a lot of new things, and how to use some of the new options I have, and I only got to image 2 different objects, but it was so worthwhile from a learning stand point.
On top of that, the 2nd target I went after, M3 the Globular Cluster, really turned out well I think.
iOptron Gem28 - Tracking
ASIair Pro - Guiding
Nikon D850 - unmodified
Tamron 150-600mm @600mm
90 - Lights
30 - Flats
30 - Darks
No Bias
ISO 800
f6.3
60 second exposures
All comments are welcome,
Jim
Bill was a great help, as some of you know I have some new Astro gear, the iOptron Gem28 astro mount, and then also a smaller astro computer, the ASIair Pro and a guide camera to help the Astro mount be more precise as it tracks during the night. So I learned a lot of new things, and how to use some of the new options I have, and I only got to image 2 different objects, but it was so worthwhile from a learning stand point.
On top of that, the 2nd target I went after, M3 the Globular Cluster, really turned out well I think.
iOptron Gem28 - Tracking
ASIair Pro - Guiding
Nikon D850 - unmodified
Tamron 150-600mm @600mm
90 - Lights
30 - Flats
30 - Darks
No Bias
ISO 800
f6.3
60 second exposures
All comments are welcome,
Jim
