Category: Astrophotography
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Comet Leonard
Early this morning around 3:30am I went outside and photographed C/2021 A1 (Leonard) from my driveway. I also looked at it through binoculars. Very faint fuzzy. Since I don’t have a tracking mount for my camera yet, I had to boost the ISO (ISO2000 @ 8 seconds, f/1.4 16mm) to get any appreciative detail of…
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Waining Crescent Moon
Woke up early and saw a nice Waining Crescent Moon before morning sunrise. A real treat. Photos taken with my Canon M50 mirrorless DSLR, stock 55-200mm zoom lens at 200mm @ f6.3, ISO6400, 1sec exposure.
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Early morning astrophotography from the driveway.
I woke up early this morning and went outside to cool morning with no breeze or clouds. Seeing was great. Took me a moment to get my bearings as the constellations were in different locations in the sky from when I usually observe (at night). Looked at Orion and Andromeda. Saw a couple of meteors…
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2021 Maine State Star Party
Unfortunately I was unable to make Friday night’s festivities. I was told there were intermittent clouds throughout the night but some observing was able to be done. I arrived Saturday afternoon around 1:30pm. Not many people had stayed through Saturday unfortunately. I missed seeing them as it has been over a year if not closer…
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A little rusty start.
Tonight was the first time that I’ve pulled out my telescope from the garage and used it since May 2020. I don’t have any exact reason why I haven’t been out using my scope for over a year. Partly has been bad weather here in Maine. Weekends are mostly when I do any stargazing. So…
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Roadtrip to Quill Hill
Took a roadtrip with a couple of photography friends to Quill Hill in western Maine to do some night sky photography. I tried out painting the tree with my headlamp to see how it would come out. Used my Canon M50 with my newly acquired Sigma f/1.4 16mm lens. It got pretty cold, even though…
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
As seen from my back deck facing north in July 2020. Was truly an awe inspiring object to view naked eye with binoculars and to photograph with my Canon M50 camera. I hope to see more comets like this one in the future.