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Taking pictures of the sky at night

  • 10-08-2007 7:32pm
    #1
    pd101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭


    I read today that theres going to be a meteor shower next week. I have a middle of the range digital camera and was just wondering how would I go about trying to capture this.


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  • #2
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Tripod, low ISO, long exposure (Blub).


  • #3
    Fionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Fionn


    what he said, :)
    and i suppose if you have a wide angle lens to get in as much sky as possible.

    out of interest when is this going to happen??


  • #4
    Eirebear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,014 ✭✭✭Eirebear


    Oriel wrote:
    Tripod, low ISO, long exposure (Blub).

    Do they really need to cry too?! ;)


  • #5
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Eirebear wrote:
    Do they really need to cry too?! ;)
    Only when they post the results on here :)


  • #6
    haz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭haz


    And don't trust the metering - the objects you want correctly exposed occupy only a tiny part of the image area, so metering will always overexpose. Try some test pictures on any clear night and keeping lowering the ISO and increasing the f-stop until the stars or moon are clear and not clipped.

    Also, most lenses have a maximum focus position that is beyond infinity, which is a deliberate design feature to protext the AF motor. So do actually focus and don't just wind it all the way round and assume that the endpoint is infinity.

    Using the self-timer will eliminate some of the shake as you press the shutter too - or go the whole hog and remote release, use the mirror lock-up and cap the viewfinder to prevent leakage into the sensor from behind the camera.


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  • #7
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Get down on your knees and pray for some fine weather.:D

    I'm only being partly smart, my combine harvester is greased up and ready to go.:o :o


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Just to remind anyone that's interested this is going down tonight.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055131144

    2 to 4 perseids a minute apparently.Should be a good spectacle :)


  • #9
    sineadw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,319 ✭✭✭sineadw


    feckin crappy light pollution... :( hoping to get something later...


  • #10
    Eirebear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,014 ✭✭✭Eirebear


    No chance of getting anything of them up here tonight, way too cloudy......not gonna be easy to snap the buggers either no matter how cloudy, if im right they move helluva quickly


  • #11
    joseph brand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    Anyone see this meteor shower last night? Was told that Howth and Johnny Fox's pub would be best spots to view. I think it is still viewable tonight??


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  • #12
    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    Here's an amazing composite image of the meteor shower last weekend.

    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070812.html


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