Stunning Telescope Photo of Vega Captured with 130mm Eyepiece - See the Beauty!

[davenn]

thank you for your advise...now I got webcam adpter as you reccomended , so I hope it will getting better

that's good
when it's hooked up to your laptop, you should be able to see a live view and then it should be easy to get a good focus

(taking such photo through mobile camera is really quite frustrating..)

indeed ... quite difficult to get reasonable results

-I have 130 x 700 mm refractor

OK ... what is it's make and model so I can have a look online at its specifications
Dave

 

[bruha]

Hello yes I can drive out of town to darker area..it is not a problem.
Concerning my equipment now I have Newton cca 700x 130 mm , webcam eyepce adapter ,(but it is needs for taking out.of home suitable notebook ...) and just mobile camera. it is all

 

[bruha]

And model of telescope I l send when will be home . I got eyepiece 20 12 and 4 mm and I bough additinaly 6mm as with 4mm I was not able to focuse properly..

 

[bruha]

Hello,
yesterday I made some pics of moon by webcam scope adapter (attached) -I think one problem is moon movement (webcam imaging has just one magnification) and not so good resolution of webcam viewer.. If you have some experiences with this technique I will appreciate...

 

[sophiecentaur]

-I think one problem is moon movement

Moon movement is negligible over the sort of exposure time you will be using but camera , telescope shake could be responsible ( particluarly as the blur seems to be in the vertical direction and it looks like the pictures are in the right orientation. If you can image a star, the shape of the trail will give you a better idea of the nature of the spurious movement. On my DSLR the mirror lifting causes a massive wiggle so I use the 3s delay feature. If you are operating the shutter with your finger then you can expect some movement. Try using the shutter delay with hands off. What exposure times are you using?
I have no experience of smart phone imaging but my comments apply in general.

 

[russ_watters]

Hello,
yesterday I made some pics of moon by webcam scope adapter (attached) -I think one problem is moon movement (webcam imaging has just one magnification) and not so good resolution of webcam viewer.. If you have some experiences with this technique I will appreciate...

I have no experience of smart phone imaging but my comments apply in general.

Those pictures are taken with a webcam, no lens on the webcam or eyepiece, and not touching the scope, right?

Yes, controlling magnification in that situation is difficult and the moon is big. You might try Saturn...

For the moon, you would probably want a focal reducer you can screw onto the adapter, which can cut the magnification by half. Next step: stacking...
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/

You can also try taking different sections of the moon and assembling a mosaic. Here's an early attempt of mine at a 2x3 mosaic, with a webcam;

http://www.russsscope.net/images/moon-12-29-06.jpg

 

[bruha]

Hi
thank you for advise and links... I will try (unfortunately Saturn at this time from my position is quite difficult to catch)..

 

[sophiecentaur]

Here's an early attempt of mine at a 2x3 mosaic, with a webcam;

That's nice. I bet you were quite pleased with it. And the money you saved by not buying a sensor with six times the area!