Matt Daubneys Blog » Astronomy http://daubers.co.uk Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:07:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Astrophotography http://daubers.co.uk/2008/11/12/astrophotography/ http://daubers.co.uk/2008/11/12/astrophotography/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:40 +0000 Matt http://daubers.co.uk/?p=86 So,  the third epic astrophotography adventure was this evening. The first night, I had lots of frames of black, no stars at all. The second night was done by means of cheating, and I haven’t yet sorted the photos…. the third night and……

The Moon

The Moon

But more exciting than the moon (taken with a blue filter in case you where wondering…)

Jupiter and 3 Moons (out of focus)

Jupiter and 3 Moons (out of focus)

Yup, Jupiter and 3 moons. A bit out of focus, but you can just about see them. A bit more practice and I might get a nice shot!!!

All of these images where converted out of RAW using FOSS. I’ll blog a bit more about the set up on a later date.

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