Comments on: Astrophotography for beginners: Star trails http://www.myastrophotography.com/2008/astrophotography-for-beginners-star-trails/ Astrophotography | Astronomy | Astro Equipment | Reviews | Tutorials | News Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lance Taylor http://www.myastrophotography.com/2008/astrophotography-for-beginners-star-trails/#comment-3030 Lance Taylor Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:35:43 +0000 http://www.myastrophotography.com/?p=86#comment-3030 Great read and tips! Thanks for the link and info on StarTrails software. I am definitely going to give this a try next time I am out. OBTW, I admin the Star Trails group on Flickr here. http://www.flickr.com/groups/startrails/ Great read and tips! Thanks for the link and info on StarTrails software. I am definitely going to give this a try next time I am out. OBTW, I admin the Star Trails group on Flickr here.

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]]> By: Astrophotography » Are Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs) good for deep-sky? http://www.myastrophotography.com/2008/astrophotography-for-beginners-star-trails/#comment-2939 Astrophotography » Are Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs) good for deep-sky? Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:33:14 +0000 http://www.myastrophotography.com/?p=86#comment-2939 [...] cheapest option. DSLR in combination with kit lens is good start point and your first object are star trails (if you don’t have a mount with tracking) or Milky Way (if you have the mount). It’s [...] [...] cheapest option. DSLR in combination with kit lens is good start point and your first object are star trails (if you don’t have a mount with tracking) or Milky Way (if you have the mount). It’s [...]

]]> By: Astrophotography » The mount for tracking http://www.myastrophotography.com/2008/astrophotography-for-beginners-star-trails/#comment-10 Astrophotography » The mount for tracking Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:18 +0000 http://www.myastrophotography.com/?p=86#comment-10 [...] put the camera to the usual tripod and make a one minute lasting exposition then we get just the star trails. The following video demonstrates the virtual rotation of the southern sky. The Megellan’s [...] [...] put the camera to the usual tripod and make a one minute lasting exposition then we get just the star trails. The following video demonstrates the virtual rotation of the southern sky. The Megellan’s [...]

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