ShahGazer Rambling about Astrophotography, Coding and Clouds

This is, as far as I can remember, the most complete set of Total Lunar Eclipse sequence, I managed to capture under the unpredictable Malaysian sky! I am very pleased with the results. And equally please with the performance of my newly bought AstroTrac! This is a screenshot from my local television, with me and my good friend, Dr. Rowi along with the new toy.

This shot was one of my earliest using a 50mm f/1.8 lens on Canon 550D. Still unfamiliar with DSLR settings, I simply blast up my ISO to 3200 and was pleasantly surprise with the 5 sec exposure results! No tracking involved since I simply placed on my camera tripod.  Looking forward for my astrotrac to arrive next week, and see how deep I can go into with long exposures with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Photo was taken last December 2010 during the Geminids watch 

The 13th Oct 2011 , Moon-Jupiter conjunction was viewed nicely from my observatory. The weather somehow clears up for the event, and the positioning of both objects and with the nearby mosque's minaret was down right lucky! I had some difficulty in getting my main SW 120ED scope in the frame, since the area inside the observatory is quiet narrow from that angle. However, with the help of my 2 daughters, they assisted me in position the moon squarely under the moon, after much contradicting tips! :-) I posted it over to Spaceweather.com and APOD. And I was surprised as Dr.Clay of Spaceweather.com chose my photo again. You can view the photo HERE Shot was taken with my Canon 550D, 18mm kit lens.