05.31.07
All prepared for Astrophotography
I now have all the equipment to do some astrophotography down under next week (gosh, it is only 2 days before I start my trip!). Anyway, I have a little Meade ETX-80 backpack telescope (it is cool because it has a computer controller and can do two point stellar initialization). I have my new Nikon D40x Digital SLR, all the attachments to connect it to the telescope, and a wireless shutter release for it. Did some test shots (unfortunately, the skies around Berkeley have not been clear) of the bay bridge at night…that is about 8 miles of sealevel atmosphere, so it is kinda bad seeing.
Anyway, rumor has it it will clear up here tonight, so maybe I can take some serious photos.
