3 Day New Moon

 

Here we can obserb how easy is to get satisfactory results in astrophotography without invest too much. However we must not believe that everything in astrophotography is simple because in its highest levels is one of the hardest crafts to perfect. But dont let this intimidate you, in order to reach perfection practice is the only way and to start you dont need to spend a lot in fancy equipment, besides film isnt the most expensive thing in the world so experiment, learn and the most important... Have Fun!!!

 

This is a picture taken using a 10x50 binoculars and a Canon PowerShot S100 digital camera, wich was on a tripod (the binoculars were over a latter to give them more stability). I would like to say thanks to mi father and my brother who helped me to get this picture since I have only two hands :), It is very true what astrophotographers say: "A pair of hands can change things a lot". In my case there where 2 pairs":

 

 

This is another picture using the same sistem but this time I set the camera zoom to 2x

 

 

Picture Values

 

First Photograph

-Optical System:

 Bushnell 10x50 Binoculars
-Camera Canon PowerShot S100 Digital Camera
-Date/Time 13/06/02 7:49 P.M.
-Exposure Time 1 sec.
-F/Stop f/2.8
-Notes Afocal method was used, I´m happy with the results!!!

 

Second Photograph

-Optico Sistem:

 Bushnell 10x50 Binoculars
-Camera Canon PowerShot S100 Digital Camera
-Date/Time 13/06/02 7:49 P.M
-Exposure Time 1 sec.
-F/Stop f/4.0
-Notas This was a small window of good weather, it is to note that this camera cannot be program either shutter speed or f/stop.
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