TIM PRINTY'S ASTRONOMY WEB PAGE

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Andy Druga, noted astrophotographer, demonstrates how easy it is to "Catch" a comet.

Saturn of the past three years through my Meade 10" SCT using a Quickcam pro and a 2X barlow.

I am an avid astrophotographer and enjoy getting good color shots of great deep sky objects. The shot above shows one of my setups with my Meade 10" LX50 telescope. In this configuration, I am piggybacking an Orion 120MM F5 refractor with a Nikon D70 attached.

Using a Nikon D70 and an Orion 120MM F5 refractor, I was able to take this photograph of the andromeda galaxy. Notice the companion galaxies M32 and NGC 205 (sometimes referred to as M110). Exposure was a stack of six five-minute exposures at ISO 800 with noise reduction.

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This is one of my favorite shots. Using a 0.42X converter to the front of a 28mm lens (stopped down to F4), I took a 30 minute exposure on Fuji 400G film. This was able to capture the major portion of the milky way. The picture was published in Astronomy Magazine. The red objects at the bottom are the tops of several campers illuminated by red flashlights. To the southeast one can see the lights of Orlando over 100 miles away.

While I used to sponsor the Chiefland Astronomy Village, I have since moved away from Florida and am not as in touch with events. If you are ever in the Chiefland area, you HAVE to go and see the site. You can visit the chiefland site here

SOME OTHER PAGES ON MY SITE RELATED TO ASTRONOMY

Digital imaging/astrophotography guide