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Mars And Venus Over Adelaide  Crescent Moon And Two Trees             Full Moon                   

  
        Full Lunar Eclipse       

       
  Brightest Star  Sirius                Our Milky Way Centre               Milky Way Over Uluru  

 
          Southern Cross Area        

               
       Scorpius Area Of Our Milky Way           Lagoon Nebula                Horse Head Nebula In Orion 

             
           Globular Cluster Omega Centauri 

                           
     Orion Area         Saucepan Area   Orion's Sword A   Orion's Sword B        Star Trails  

                
Super Nova 87A      Eta Carina Area         Blue Reflection Nebula        

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Presents . . .

A LITTLE HELPFUL PIECE OF INFORMATION

ABOUT DEEP SKY PHOTOGRAPHY YOU MAY HAVE

NEVER KNOWN, OR NOR DID YOUR FRIENDS

BECAUSE DEEP SKY PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE MOST DIFFICULT AND DEMANDING AREA AMONGST ALL FORMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, FINDING A DISPLAY OF ORIGINAL PRINTS DIRECT FROM THE NEGATIVES IS VERY RARE.  CONTRARY TO COMMON BELIEF, NO FORMS OF SPECIAL CAMERAS OR HI-TECH GADGETRY ARE USED, BUT INSTEAD, PATIENCE, A STEADY HAND FOR GUIDING LONG EXPOSURES, AND A FAIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NIGHT SKY IS ESSENTIAL TO ENABLE ONE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOCATE, FRAME AND CAPTURE THE DIM AND ELUSIVE WONDERS OF OUR UNIVERSE.  BRINGING THEM TO STRONG DRAMATIC IMAGERY WHILE STILL TRYING TO RETAIN A SENSE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, MAKES THE CHALLENGE EVEN MORE DAUNTING.  THE EARTH IS CONTINUALLY ROTATING AT ABOUT 1,000 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS CAUSES STARS TO APPEAR TO MOVE ACROSS OUR SKY IN CURVED LINES. 

QUALITY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY REQUIRES EXTREMELY LONG PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURES, SOMETIMES LASTING SEVERAL HOURS BECAUSE THE SUBJECTS APPEAR TO GLOW SO DIM.

DURING THESE LENGTHY EXPOSURES, STARS WILL SOON APPEAR TO MOVE, AND CAUSE A BLUR OR STREAK ON THE FILM INSTEAD.  THEREFORE CAREFUL MONITORING AND HAND GUIDING IS PRACTISED TO ACHIEVE PINPOINT ACCURACY. 

AT HIGH TELESCOPIC MAGNIFICATION, THE ALLOWABLE TRACKING ERROR IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL FOR PRECISION IMAGES. 

STRONG WINDS – CLOUDS – CITY LIGHT POLLUTION – A BRIGHT MOON – CAMERA FAILURE AND HUMAN ERROR, ALL CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THESE DEEP SKY OBJECTS EVEN MORE ELUSIVE TO CAPTURE. 

BECAUSE REAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE UNIVERSE HOW IT REALLY IS, THEY BECOME FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN FANTASY SPACE PAINTINGS AND CONTRIVED SPACE ART WORK OF PAST GENERATIONS, AND SHOULD NEVER EVEN BE COMPARED.

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