Nice shot! I need to try to get a shot like that sometime... :-)
Nice shot! I need to try to get a shot like that sometime... :-)
if you don't mind me asking, roughly how much did all the equipment required to take this shot cost? i have access to a high-powered telescope with a computer tracking system on it through school, are there converters to mount your camera to telescopes? excellent picture by the way!
I don't mind you asking
The equipment is expensive. The mount is an astro physics mach 1 GTO, about $7000 with tripod. The telescope, also astro-physics, is a 130 Gran Turismo, and cost about $6000. And you know how much the 5DII cost.
To attach the camera to the telescope requires an adapter. Here is a picture, though it is a different telescope. The adapter is not expensive, and makes your camera think the telescope is a manual focus lens
Just curious, what kind of telescope is the "high powered" one?
to be honest i'm not sure. i know its $5k worth of glass then another $5k in the computer that operates it, made by M eade if that means anything. it's a permanent set up, definitely not portable.
Originally Posted by Rodger
Especially considering that the light from that particular galaxy had to travel several million years just to get here. Awesome!
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