T A WOW Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Hello. As the planets (particularly Jupiter) are really quite bright do you need to do long exposure photos or can you just have a normal exposure (like taking photos in the day) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 You need pretty short exposures really - you'd only need LE so you can collect light from dim objects in deep space. Planets on the other hand are much closer and you may be down to a few 100ths of a second - cos they just ooze light lol (if you're shutter's open too long it wil over expose just like daytime shots) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 So you wouldn't even need a motorised mount then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 A far as I know you don't "need" a motorised mount. I guess it depends on the method though. Like I am gonna try and grab .avi files with my Philips webcam and then Use registax to split the video into individual frames and stack them on top of each other to create the final image. I'm gonna do that with a Dob scope . Well going to try anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Sweet. I was just gonna jam a dslr into the eyepiece holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Reasonable first shots can be had with a non motorised mount. But the earth is still moving quick and star trailing will happen within a few seconds. While you've been reading this sentence you've travelled 1800 ft through space lol. Perhaps the most sucessful planetary shots are taken with a fast webcam on a motorised mount. Alt/az is fine but for dso's you'll want EQ. Take a look at Damien Peach's website - he's about the best in the UK for planets - his Jupiter images are well renowned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Yeah I've seen some of his work. Epic shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I actually hand-guide webcam exposures and it is quite tricky at F/40. You can take planetary photos with an ordinary compact digital camera and sometimes I strike lucky but I'm getting more drawn to webcamming. One of my big wishes is to webcam Mercury. I've "caught" it on film with a compact digital camera quite a few times but never in a webcam. I'm very experienced at unsing compact digital cameras but been webcamming for < 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 You'll have to pop some of them up in the imaging section Phil - we'd all be interested to see what can be done with a compact - we had a total beginner turn up just over a year ago - first set up and needed help polar aligning and all. They then took me totally by surprise with a superb hand held compact shot - it was better than any of my webcam or dslr shots lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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