Thursday, July 10, 2008

Observing from Mt. Hood

I just got back from a trip to Mt. Hood and, as promised, have a picture (below, 1/500th sec., 1600 Iso like the other) and a report. Unfortunately, the pictures didn't turn out very good. Possible contributors were the wind and a bright light at the observing sight, however I suspect that something else is at play. Observing with the lens (not through the camera), I had the best view of Jupiter I've ever had. The bands in the atmosphere were very distinct and the moons were also sharp, so I believe that the conditions were dramatically improved over low altitude. I'm attending an Astrophotography Interest Group meeting on Monday sponsored by the Rose City Astronomers (which I just re-joined), so hopefully I can start learning from others.

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