Telescopes Group Photo

weixing · 20th August 2006

Hi,
Went to Mersing yesterday night for an astronomical observation, but the night sky was very cloudy after mid-night. So when all the scope owner went to sleep, I decided to take a group photo of all the scopes in action.

Problem was that the area was very dark and night sky was very cloudy (not much star light), so even a 5 min exposure at ISO800 can't capture the scope image except noise... Then I had an idea

Below are the result ( 6min exposure @ISO400 using Canon 300D and EF-S 18-55mm @F3.5):

Have a nice day.

+evenstar · 20th August 2006

you should have been to NIE during the Physics Olympiad Astronomical Star-Gazing night...more telescopes of all sorts...

weixing · 20th August 2006

Originally Posted by +evenstar

you should have been to NIE during the Physics Olympiad Astronomical Star-Gazing night...more telescopes of all sorts...

Hi,
Yes, I know... didn't attend that event due to work...

Anyway, the right most scope on the above photo also appear during the Physics Olympiad Astronomical Star-Gazing night... it should be one of the largest scope (same size as the 3rd... the black colour scope from the left) on that event.

Have a nice day.

luddock · 28th August 2006

Wow, the one on the extreme right looks huge!

weixing · 28th August 2006

Hi,

Quote:

Wow, the one on the extreme right looks huge!

Yes... the extreme right one was a 12.5" telescope... we call it the "Curry Pot"...

It's is actually same size as the middle left one (3rd from left).

Actually, the interesting thing (at least I find interesting

) about this long exposure picture (about 6min) is that I was able to just using a small LED touch to light-up all the scopes and I was invisible in the picture... hee hee

Have a nice day.

cerebrus · 28th August 2006

Originally Posted by weixing

Hi,
Actually, the interesting thing (at least I find interesting ) about this long exposure picture (about 6min) is that I was able to just using a small LED touch to light-up all the scopes and I was invisible in the picture... hee hee

Have a nice day.

I have always wanted to try painting with light!

20th August 2006	#1
weixing Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 382	Telescopes Group Photo Hi, Went to Mersing yesterday night for an astronomical observation, but the night sky was very cloudy after mid-night. So when all the scope owner went to sleep, I decided to take a group photo of all the scopes in action. Problem was that the area was very dark and night sky was very cloudy (not much star light), so even a 5 min exposure at ISO800 can't capture the scope image except noise... Then I had an idea Below are the result ( 6min exposure @ISO400 using Canon 300D and EF-S 18-55mm @F3.5): Have a nice day. Last edited by weixing; 20th August 2006 at 11:44 PM.

20th August 2006	#2
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28th August 2006	#4
luddock Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 64	Re: Telescopes Group Photo Wow, the one on the extreme right looks huge!