Astrophotography

These are all pictures that I took with a camera and tripod.  This is the simplest way to take pictures of the night sky.  When you first start it is really hit or miss because you don't know how long to leave the camera exposing, but with a little bit of experience you should overcome that.

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Like is said...it is pretty much hit or miss when you first start.  These are pictures from my first roll of film.  The roll had 24 exposures and out of that whole roll, these are the only ones good enough to put up.

Film: Fuji 400 (color)

I scanned the pictures in black and white so that they would be a little bit smaller.

  Orion          Exposure Time: 45min

Orion          Exposure Time: 15min

Cassiopeia and Persius           Exposure Time: 30sec

h and X Persii (double cluster)           Exposure Time: 30sec

Cassiopeia           Exposure Time: 30sec

Gemini w/ Saturn           Exposure Time: 25sec

Persius and the Pleiades           Exposure Time: 25sec

Canis Major           Exposure Time: 25sec

Canis Minor           Exposure Time: 25sec