SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY Last updated: 14 June 2005

12 June 2005

Milky Way guided piggyback photographs taken from Oracle Observatory with my new Nikon D70 DSLR mounted on my ETX-90RA. Details on these and other piggyback astrophotographs taken on this trip are discussed on my Nikon D70 DSLR astrophotography page.

30 April 2005

Big Dipper taken from Oracle Observatory with my new Nikon D70 DSLR. This photo is one of a series; the exposure was with the D70 lens set for 18mm and the exposure was 65 seconds at ISO 1600 with Noise Reduction enabled. If you look closely at Mizar (at the bend of the "handle"; hint: the dipper is upside-down), you can see that Mizar is actually "split". Not bad! Nearly all of the "dots" you see are stars (evident in the fullsize version of the image since the stars are trailed as the exposure was unguided). I will be reporting on more D70 DSLR astrophotography on a future Site update.

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