Astrophotography Workshop
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 7:00 pm
Unfortunately, it looks like another surrender to New England weather! Due to the close pass of hurricane Lee, we will hold the classroom portion of the workshop on Zoom, Saturday evening from 7-8:30pm. We’ll choose a date in November to have the hands-on portion of the workshop. I’ve included 2 links below: one for the Zoom meeting the other to Conrad’s presentation. Thanks!
Skyscrapers, Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Astrophotography Workshop
Time: Sep 16, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 850 2450 4240
Passcode: 090781
Presentation link:
https://drive.google.com/file/
Back in the early 1970's, I tried my hand at astrophotography with film, a DLSR camera, and a 6" telescope on a motorized Edmund Scientific equatorial mount. You would have to expose the whole roll of film (a 20 or 36 exposure roll), take it to a "drug" store to be processed, wait a week, and then see the results. Did I say it was frustrating? Oh, yes it was. Many things could go wrong: maybe the mount jiggled and blurred the image, maybe an airplane flew across the image and ruined it, maybe it wasn't in good focus, maybe the drug store lost your roll of film.
Today, astrophotography has never been better; however, there is more to learn than in the 1970's. This presentation “Intro to Astrophotography” is meant for people who have never tried astrophotography but would like to.
Topics to be covered:
- The Camera Sensor
- CMOS and CCD
- Sensor size
- Pixel size, well depth, and bit depth
- Color vs Monochrome
- Types of Cameras
- DLSR, Smartphones, and Dedicated Astro Cameras
- Mounts
- Stationary Camera tripods
- Motorized mounts
- Camera Tracking mounts
- Goto
- Laptops vs Desktops Computers
- Techniques
- Focus
- How long an exposure
- How high the gain
- The “dark frame”
- The “Flat” frame
- Capture Software
- Processing Software
- Free vs $$$
- The future?
I hope you will join me for this practical and informative workshop. Anyone interested in attending should send an email to Michael Corvese at corvesemichael@gmail.com. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you there!
