Lunar Eclipse on 10th December 2011

Year's last lunar eclipse provided excellent views of moon. I took some pics and then set the camera to take images for timelapse..final video is below. This is my first time lapse of night sky and I do not have any tripod or mount therefore I just put camera on the ground facing moon..I had to move camera every 5 minutes of so to keep moon in the view..Click here to see some of the pics I took..Please share your comments/suggestions. Thanks for watching.

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Vinay

New pics uploaded

Hi Friends,
I have uploaded few night sky pics in my gallery. please click here to see.

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Vinay

Summer Triangle

Summer triangle from my balcony. it was around midnight and sky was getting clearer. 
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Camera: Canon SX130 IS
ISO: 200
Exposure:40sec
f/3.4

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Vinay

Canon SX130 with CHDK - HD Time Lapse Video 2 - Traffic

2 sec exposure each..total 150 photos taken with 3 second interval..

Canon SX130 with CHDK - Time Lapse Video 1 - Clouds

I created this Time lapse with Canon SX130- CHDK enabled.
total 207 shots were taken with 4 seconds exposure each and Merged with windows live movie maker.

countdown begins...one of the darkest lunar eclipse coming up..

Hi,
The lunar eclipse of 15th June is going to be one of the darkest eclipse of the century. moon will turn blood red and then black for some moments..(for more info on Lunar Eclipse click here)

 

(image courtesy: NASA)
Keep looking up...

Night sky images

Hi Guys,

I installed chdk in canon A700.(CHDK is excellent hack which enables many DSLR-like features in canon digital cameras.you can find all info about CHDK here).With CHDK I could take exposures upto 64 seconds. results are better then expected. See images below. Click the Image for larger version.

Draco

Hercules,Coma Boralis & Part of Bootes

Lyra,Hercules & Part of Ophiuchus

Scorpius

Hercules,Draco,Lyra & Part of Cygnus

Hercules,Coma Borealis,Bootes & Part of Ophiuchus

Ursa Major

New Equipment Added

I added new 25mm GSO Plossl(click here for details) to my collection..its giving excellent results..taking pics of planets and moon through digital cameras will be easier now. will try and upload the pics soon..stay tuned..

Moon Images(Processed with Registax)

Hi guys,

Yesterday night sky was clear so I tried record moon. With cheap webcam I was not getting satisfactory results, therefore I tried to process the images with a great freeware called Registax(you can download it from here). Though it was my first ever attempt with registax, I found it very easy to use and effective. Results are as below.

Before Processing

After Processing

Moon through telescope and webcam

few weeks before I tried to record moon and other planets through my 4 inch reflector telescope and a webcam..results are following...videos are bit shaky as it was my 1st attempt...

Moon



Saturn



Jupiter & its Moons