Posted on 04/15/2014 6:31:52 PM PDT by OneVike
Kudos on the the job you did with what you had to work with… As stated earlier, Astrophotography can be very challenging. I kind of miss being able to do it anymore (NOT staying up all night at sub-freezing temperatures, however ;)
Luckily I live in an area of california that never ever gets to sub freezing. As a rule the temp never gets below 25% and even then it’s rare. So star gazing is a relatively comfortable hobby.
I did the same thing for the Solar eclipse we had tow (?) years ago. I just never reduced it to 2 minute or so video. I still have the footage though.
Cool… When I was in my “prime,” connecting a video camera directly to my scope was nearly impossible. I did have an 8-inch Schmidt with an equatorial clock mount, and adapters for an old SLR; I was able to fine-tune the tracking on say, a crater or a sunspot, and fire away onto old-style film(!) to capture a sequence of these events.
Actually, I still have most of the equipment, but the ravages of old age & disease have made me just a spectator now, plus an occasional ‘Shopper ;)
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