My journey with photography began about 11 years ago when I bought my first telescope. The photos were terrible, but it ignited a passion for sharing the beauty of the world and universe around us.
I had to sell all my astronomy equipment when my family and I were downsizing and readying ourselves for nursing school 4 years ago, and my daughter and I have talked ever since about how we would one day get a new telescope to see the moon and stars once my nursing program was complete. Last week, that time finally came when I found two people selling their equipment, and long story short I was lucky to end up with a Star Adventurer 2i tracker and a Sky-Watcher 102mm Mak telescope.
While I haven't had the opportunity to test out the telescope with the tracker, I did get out on the night of July 14th to test out the star tracker with my collection of Sigma lenses and the images above are single exposure test images taken to assess the maximum exposure time with various focal lengths. I also took a few photos of the moon to combine into HDR images.
I hope you enjoy!
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