Friday 24th of October 2008 | Tim Harpur
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Again just a camera and camera tripod – NO telescope and NO tracking tripod.
The following image is a stacking and post processing from 27 x 8sec exposures at ISO3200 taken with my 30mm lens.
The following image was taken using my 150mm APO – also taken without the aid of a tracking mount. This image is a stacking and post processing from 67 x 1.6sec exposures at ISO3200.
For the record, the previous image required:
less than 1 minute to set up
no polar alignment
less than 4 minutes to take ALL of the frames
and no more gear than my camera, a 150mm camera lens, and a standard camera tripod
Just think what we will be able to do in a few more years – ISO 102400 here I come!
A close up cropping from that same image:
