{"id":447,"date":"2013-04-12T01:37:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T01:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joebohanon.com\/wordpress\/?p=447"},"modified":"2013-04-25T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T21:29:38","slug":"arizona-trip-part-8-guided-canon-t2i-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.joebohanon.com\/wordpress\/arizona-trip-part-8-guided-canon-t2i-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Trip Part 8, Guided Canon T2i Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Astrotrac is an amazing tool for taking wide-field shots. It’s compact, can easily go on a plane, and will give you 5 minute shots with good polar alignment. I borrowed mine from a friend in the local astronomy club. Near the beginning of the night, I was having a lot of trouble getting it aligned properly. I only got a few shots taken before my laptop battery was near death. None of them were really worth processing. I ended up setting up for the rest of the night on the patio next to the visitors center, which is where the 20″ RC was. Thankfully, there was a power outlet there!<\/p>\n

For the most part, I stuck with the 50mm lens. First, I got the region around Corvus. Six four-minute subs at ISO 1600.<\/p>\n

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This was right around the time the NOP ended and my AOP started, so there was a little break. The next one I did was a wide field of Virgo. Lots of galaxies are visible in this image. Same camera settings as above.
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\nThere was another break of about an hour while I waited for interesting stuff to rise. The following shot of M11 was a stack of ten 2-minute shots at ISO 1600 with the 200mm lens.
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\nBy this time, Sagitarrius was starting to rise and was dazzling. Here’s a wide-field with the 50mm. 60 seconds at ISO 1600.<\/p>\n

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I then decided to do some 200mm shots of the very nebulous regions of Sagittarius and nearby constellations.<\/p>\n

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The last shot I did on the mount was of the two Veil Nebulae, in Cygnus. This was 6 4-minute shots with the 200mm lens at ISO 1600.<\/p>\n

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The next post will contain my pics through the Takahashi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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