12
Jul
2007
Astrophotography by an Amateur
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My new tripod (AT-828) came in today. I gave it a workout at a friend’s house by trying it out on the night sky. I did a little research on shooting the night sky but obviously not enough. The few good (well, average) pictures I took are here on flickr.com. They are a little dark, but welcome to a dark, night sky. The first picture is of Ursa Major (Big Dipper), and the rest are of the Scropio Constellation with the brightest start on the picture being Jupiter. One of the pictures I took to includes a commercial jet crossing the field of view. They are definitely not going to get me to quit my day job. I hope to do a lot more research and trial-and-error this weekend.