Someone is out, taking pictures of Betelgeuse 😁
I'm without a car today, so I had to get out in front of the house and try to shoot whatever presented itself to me.
It's full of street lanterns and cars driving past, so I'll just hope for the best 😅
This is the first time I really try to work with the #StarAdventurer I bought back in.. November?
Seems like I'm not properly polar aligned. At least I think that #Betelgeuse is slowly moving out of the centre of the picture.
Might as well be that it wasn't properly centered from the beginning, but I can't tell until the camera stops shooting or I can't see Betelgeuse in the picture anymore 😅
I'm shooting with just my old Sony a5100 and the kit zoom lens taped in place at 210mm.
No guiding, no nothing. Fingers crossed 🤞
Wooohooo, I did it. Finally!! 🤩🥳
After months of bad weather, failed attempts and even more bad weather..
I managed to get 120 frames, each 10 seconds at ISO 1600.
I also got some darks, flats and bias frames.
I'll try stacking these tomorrow. Too tired and cold now. But happy.
It was a last minute decision, and totally worth it. What an adventure. 🙈🥰
(I hope the upload doesn't get ruined by compression)
So, following the excellent #siril tutorial, I might still have done too much to the stacked image in the end.
Anywho: Tracking went well, pictures are a little out of focus I guess. Still, I was able to produce somewhat of a nice image, given the circumstances.
I'm happy 😃
Sony a5100
210mm
110x 10s
ISO 1600
f/6.3
Oliver