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My night sky timelapse

  • 15-02-2012 3:57pm
    #1
    Sightaridis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭


    I actually made this in 2010 but only recently uploaded it to YouTube. It's not great and the cloud ends up ruining it but the first few moments I do like.

    I do wonder though, as Jupiter (I think) goes towards the edge of the frame, you can see a light emerge from behind it. Is this something with my camera and the window I was shooting behind or is it one of its moons?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD1qtQ3uRDk


    Recommended at 1080p fullscreen.


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  • #2
    muckish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭muckish


    Nice timelapse. Any details on the settings you used... equipment... etc...
    I'd imagine the artifact you were seeing around Jupiter was refraction? within the double glazing you were shooting through, as the angle increased from the centre point of the frame out to the edges.
    I'm presuming you were shooting through double glazing. That my take anyway.


  • #3
    Sightaridis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭Sightaridis


    I'm presuming you were shooting through double glazing. That my take anyway.
    I was indeed, I would imagine the double glazing is responsible for what I captured.

    As for the settings, I used my DSLR (Canon EOS 450D) connected to my laptop and used the Canon software to set it to shoot every ten seconds or so, but given how long ago this was I can't remember the exact details. Exposures were probably around 30 seconds. A total of 525 images were stitched together to make this video using Virtual Dub. I recall my battery running out quite fast due to the long exposures.

    I'm may have another go at it soon if I get a chance, if so I'll be sure to post.


  • #4
    Popoutman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Popoutman


    Quite the pretty shot.

    Suggestion - take a look at the Magic Lantern firware add-on for the Canon EOS cameras. There's a wonderful function in there that allows you to take timelapses and to ramp the exposure to ensure that you get the best exposure as dusk falls and the stars become visible. Well worth a look.
    http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki


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