Bob wrote
>
> My first attempt at astrophotography. Inadvertent, as in unintended, maybe
> even accidental. I was shooting 180 degrees off a boring sunset and just
> when I was about to pack it in, the sky started to get interesting again.
> So I deployed the tripod, set up and just hung out for a while, trying to
> keep the ISO at 100 and lengthening the time. Then stars started to pop
> out. Couldn't tell from chimping if I was getting them. Couldn't see them
> in the viewfinder. Too bad I missed one of Orion's. I thought I had it,
> but obviously I didn't. Still, it was fun. And now I have something new to
> keep me out after dark.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2218
>
> --Bob
Interesting. Tiny star-trails even at 30 second exposure.
My old CRT monitor and my cataract-suspect eyes aren't so bad after all.
Brian Swale.
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