We did get an inch-and-a-half of rain and the landscape is greener. During the storm, I tried out the video feature of the Canon 60Da because we were getting quite a lightshow. The camera was running at 59.94 fps. The CMOS sensor reads out from top to bottom, so it records only partial frames of … Read more
Here’s the result using the Canon 60Da on my little tracker head. I spent a lot of time fooling with these in Pixinsight and then Photoshop. Unusual for this part of New Mexico, I had problems with gradients due to smoke from wildfires in Arizona. (See https://www.jjmcclintock.com/?p=139) I believe this is stacked from 5-180 second … Read more
At Rancho Hidalgo, I set up the Canon with my standard 28-135 zoom and the tracker head. The tracker has a small polar scope, and the alignment just uses that. I shot constellation scale tests, mostly at 28mm with ASA from 1600 to 6400. Here’s a 3 minute exposure of the Scorpius region at 6400. … Read more