Re: [APML] Star trails and dogs

[Jeff Crilly <jlcapml@sbcglobal.net>]

I was at a starparty last week (thursday - sunday)
that was
cut short due to an incoming front (rain) on saturday
night.

Thursday was good, but Friday was about 50% clouded
out.  
When it cleared at 2am, I started an hour exposure
only to fall 
asleep and overexpose by another hour.  When
I woke up (at 4:15) the sky was clouded over and
the autoguider was beeping away cuz it lost the
guidestar.  
There might be something salvagable on that shot..
we'll have to see.

Some of us were joking about putting everything up on
astromart as soon as we got home.

--- Rodney Watters <ryderhome@bigpond.com> wrote:

> I have received back from the lab a processed roll
> of Fuji Provia 400F.
> The images on this roll exhibit nearly every
> astrophotography error possible
> including field rotation, lens aberations, guiding
> errors and an example of
> a shutter release closing when it should not.
> 
> Sometimes I think that this hobby is only marginally
> more frustrating than
> playing golf.
> 
> Then I am not so sure.
> 
> However !!
> 
> I did manage to snap of a half decent start trail
> shot. Link here:
> http://www.ryderhome.com.au/ap/image006.jpg
> 
> and one of the dog asleep in front of the fire. Link
> here:
> http://www.ryderhome.com.au/ap/image007.jpg
> 
> Comments welcome.
> Rodney Watters
> 
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