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Night Sky Images - 21/09/2021
Mostly clear. Very bright Jupiter just visible over the horizon at our location.
Gear:
- Canon EOS 200D
- Tokina AT-X Pro SD 11-16mm f/2.8 (IF) DX
- Sigma F2.8 105mm EX DG HSM OS
- Tripod
Weather:
- Mostly clear
Location:
- Garden
Software
- Rawtherapee - RAW file importing, optical correction & image processing
- GIMP - RAW/TIF to JPEG, cropping
Images
Fig. 1: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO3200 20s, processed from RAW
Fig. 2: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO3200 20s, unprocessed JPEG
Fig. 3: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO1600 20s, processed from RAW
Fig. 4: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO1600 20s, unprocessed JPEG
Fig. 5: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO3200 15s, processed from RAW
Fig. 6: Tokina F2.8 11mm, ISO3200 15s, unprocessed JPEG
I also tried out a longer lens, my Sigma 105mm, I definitely need some more practice with this one at night. 3 second exposures is just beyond what you can do at 105mm, so it really should have been 2.5s. The below image is the best of the few shots I took with it. Clearer image of Jupiter, but not as good imaging of the general starfield background:
Fig. 7: Sigma F2.8 105mm, ISO3200 3s, processed from RAW
Fig. 8: Sigma F2.8 105mm, ISO3200 3s, unprocessed JPEG