Doing astrophotography with a DSLR on a tripod
Channel: Auke Slotegraaf
Date: 26/10/2012

Presented by Barbara Cunow at the ASSA Symposium, 2012 October 13, at SAAO in Cape Town.
"I will present images of the night sky which I have taken with a modified DSLR on a tripod in urban regions in both the southern and the northern hemispheres. The images obtained so far include all 88 constellations, all 110 Messier objects and a number of NGC and IC objects down to about 10th magnitude. Each picture is a combination of a large number of short exposures, and I will show the procedures used for taking and processing the individual images and how the light pollution contribution is removed from the data. This project is an example of what can be achieved in astrophotography with minimum equipment from an urban site, and the techniques presented here are an effective tool to get people interested in the subject no matter where they are."
Visit the official symposium website for further details:
http://symposium2012.assa.saao.ac.za