Astrophotography with a Pentax

[makenshishinta]

Hi Pentaxian,

Sharing with you some widefield Astrophotography taken with a Pentax cam.

Omega Centauri (The King of globular cluster)
Pentax K30
Sigma 70-300 DG OS @ 300MM F5.6
ISO 3200
18 X 6 Sec
Stacked with DSS.

this Image was taken in Singapore on a rather small Equatorial mount for testing before my trip.
Will be going up to Malaysia soon. If the skies are clear there will post more photos here.

 

[Jin TK]

Hi Pentaxian,

Sharing with you some widefield Astrophotography taken with a Pentax cam.

Omega Centauri (The King of globular cluster)
Pentax K30
Sigma 70-300 DG OS @ 300MM F5.6
ISO 3200
18 X 6 Sec
Stacked with DSS.

this Image was taken in Singapore on a rather small Equatorial mount for testing before my trip.
Will be going up to Malaysia soon. If the skies are clear there will post more photos here.

Nice shot! Glad to see a Pentax cam being used for astrophotography in Singapore. Singapore is definitely not ideal for astrophotography due to heavy light pollution. Hope to see more photos from your Malaysia trip esp those by k30!

 

[airconvent]

Thanks for sharing Makenshisita.
Omega is quite a nice naked eye object in Singapore...if the conditions are right!
Are you following Tasos or Singastro for your Obs trip?

@Jin TK : While Singapore is not an ideal place for astrophography,that does not mean you can't do it.
Check out the astrophotos taken by local amatuers here (some are taken in Singapore). Some are very good.

SingAstro • View forum - Astrophotography

 

[cubicon]

sweet, another astro pentax to exchange tips

 

[makenshishinta]

Thanks for all you comments!

@cubicon: look like i have a another pentax astro buddy.
by the way, do anybody have any idea where i found find the O-GPS 1 unit?
had ask Apds by have not gotten any reply.

 

[cubicon]

think OP still have but over $300 , i got myself one unit sometime back also but 2nd hand.

Really fun to play with.

Airconvent, you use the same nick on singastro as well ?

 

[makenshishinta]

think OP still have but over $300 , i got myself one unit sometime back also but 2nd hand.

Really fun to play with.

Airconvent, you use the same nick on singastro as well ?

Hi cubicon.

Oh no. Was there at OP yesterday but did not ask.
Thanks for the info. will go check it out soon.

Btw. I m also in singastro username davegn.

Thanks.
Dave Ng

 

[makenshishinta]

Hi,

Finally back from my trip!

Follow photos taken with a Pentax K30 with an O-GPS unit with a Sigma 70-300MM.

Antares Rho Ophiuchi and M4

M24 and M8!

M8 and M20

M6 and M7

The O-Gps Unit with the K30 tracked the stars nicely even at 300MM.

 

[makenshishinta]

Widefield Shots With a Tammy 17-50 F2.8

Milky way

Milky Way (Even at 17mm F5.6 lens has coma)

 

[jasonlel]

Hi,

Finally back from my trip!

Follow photos taken with a Pentax K30 with an O-GPS unit with a Sigma 70-300MM.

Antares Rho Ophiuchi and M4

M24 and M8!

M8 and M20

M6 and M7

The O-Gps Unit with the K30 tracked the stars nicely even at 300MM.

Nice.... Where was it taken?

 

[makenshishinta]

Nice.... Where was it taken?

Hi jasonlel,

Thanks!
The photos are taken in northern Johor. Near mersing.

 

[jasonlel]

Hi jasonlel,

Thanks!
The photos are taken in northern Johor. Near mersing.

Great... Any GPS location to share?

 

[makenshishinta]

Great... Any GPS location to share?

You might wanna check out singastro.
http://www.singastro.org/forum2/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=e0c4770fa7401d883a440301a9c970e0
We plan trips up to mersing.
You might wanna join us too.

 

[cubicon]

u with remus group ?

 

[makenshishinta]

Hi Cubicon,
I normally go up with other friends.
not with Remus group.

 

[makenshishinta]

Hi,

I have written a review on the Pentax K30 with O-GPS1 Astrotracer on singastro.
SingAstro • View topic - A light weight AP setup (Pentax K30 with O-GPS1 Astrotracer)
Feel Free to have a look. (=

 

[PhilipKr35]

Glad that Pentax in body stabilizer works wonders, also can do tilt shift .
What about the Canikons people, how do they take shots of stars without in body stabilizer ?

Hi,

I have written a review on the Pentax K30 with O-GPS1 Astrotracer on singastro.
SingAstro • View topic - A light weight AP setup (Pentax K30 with O-GPS1 Astrotracer)
Feel Free to have a look. (=

 

[makenshishinta]

Hi Philip,

normally for the Canikons, even for other brand like Sony which has the stabilizer as well, you would need something called an equatorial mount to track the stars.
normally, equatorial mount are much heavier and a lot of time needed to spend on Align an Equatorial Mount.

Here is how an Equatorial Mount would look like vs a normal tripod.

 

[makenshishinta]

Hi Philip,

normally for the Canikons, even for other brand like Sony which has the stabilizer as well, you would need something called an equatorial mount to track the stars.
normally, equatorial mount are much heavier and a lot of time needed to spend on Align an Equatorial Mount.

Here is how an Equatorial Mount would look like vs a normal tripod.

 

[airconvent]

Airconvent, you use the same nick on singastro as well ?

Yup..the same

Hi cubicon.

Oh no. Was there at OP yesterday but did not ask.
Thanks for the info. will go check it out soon.

Btw. I m also in singastro username davegn.

Thanks.
Dave Ng

Hi Dave. Good of you to share on the capabilities of the Pentax for astrophotography too!