Basic Astro Photography With A P&S

[jmoh]

Hi Folks,
Lots Of Photographers, some season One's Say That It Is Impossible To Do Astro Photog With A p&s. Unless You're Using A Guided Telescope or Spotting Scope.....Wrong! All It Takes Is A little Know How And A Tripod....Better Still If Your Camera Has A '' Fireworks '' Mode.....Use This Mode if it has one or Select A Twilight Mode If You Have None. And Of Course You Need A Tripod and Shoot Using Your Self- Timer To Prevent Shake.......Here's Some Shots Taken Tonight , All Done In About An Hour.

@ This One's Handheld with IS On, Without Tripod.

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@ This Below With A Tripod and Tripped With A Self Timer.

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@ This Resembles The '' ODD CLOUD''

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@ The '' TRIPID NEBULAE ''

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@ The '' CRAB NEBULAE ''

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By The Way That Small Star You See On The Top Left Is The Planet JUPITER.

As Usual Enjoy, and If In Doubt, Please Feel Free To Call........Thanks.....Uncle James.

[jmoh]

And This Looks Like The Center Of The Universe!........The Home Of '' Supes ''......:he::he::he:.....Thanks......James.

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[blu_by_u]

Next what? Nebular system?

[jmoh]

Next what? Nebular system?

Hi Blu,
For That You Need This.......The Ultimate Scope For Deep Sky Photography......'' QUESTAR ''........The Leica Of Scopes.........:winktongue::winktongue::winktongue :..........Thanks...Uncle James.

The King Itself........Cooooool Stuff.

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And You Need Dark Skies and A Very Sturdy Mount.

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