Hey all!
I just made following post: My current learning experience as a noob in astrophotography, with very shitty/ minimal equipment (includes pictures too!)
I’m a total beginner, and even my currently best work looks really sad compared to the stunning pictures you share here as real and experienced pros. I have to say, the further I progressed in my journey in the last months, the more I began to appreciate your work. Great job on that! <3
I wanted to encurage you all to make a similar post or comment in this thread and share your past about this special and lovely kind of photography.
I think nobody here has started with equipment more expensive than my annual income and more knowledge about the night sky than any astrologist (Edit: astronomer, I don’t think anyone here believes in horoscopes :D) here on earth.
What were your first results, with what equipment? What did you learn over time, and what stuff or trick has improved your results the most?
I’m particularly interested in the stage of you back then, where I am currently am - of just owning a damn (simple + universal) camera and learning the basic stuff.
One of the reasons for that is I want to see what “best result” I can get with this stuff, and what my limits could be.
My father lives right around the corner from me and has been doing astrophotography for just over a year. He wouldn’t care for Lemmy. Would the community care if I shared some of his pictures and progress even though they aren’t mine?
we only allow OC photos here.
I would love to see them for sure!
Maybe include some extra-information (equipment, editing, what object is portrayed, etc.) as well, would be super interesting!
Here’s my first two years in the hobby.
I had started off with getting a $20 Craigslist telescope for just pics of the moon/planets, but after that I decided to dive into DSOs. I used my mom’s DSLR and bought a 6" f/4 newtonian and used Orion Sirius mount. Been using that same scope/mount combo all these years while upgrading everything else around them, like getting an autoguider, mono cam, moonlite focuser, pixinsight, etc.
