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Great pics Gabe. I've been starting into the astro photography stuff too, but with the most basic stuff I have. I'm hoping to save up for the cheapest 8" tracking scope I can find, I think the orion xt8i or something like that.
Otherwise Jupiter at its closest is about the best we can hope for since you can get otherworldy moons! Here's my Jupiter pic with an old 6MP 12x zoom camera:
Anyway, while I'm here, here's some pics of a soldering failure I had today. I was trying to tin the flat bottom contacts on this tiny 3x1x.5mm SMD LED when it crushed. I was holding it in tweezers, but maybe they can't handle much pressure at soldering temps. They're designed for very specific reflow solder conditions, not normal iron use. I was hoping to wire up a brighter light for my macro photography. It might be impossible if this keeps up.
There's an interesting mesh behind the wires inside. Maybe it's a reflector, or part of the wiring?
And check out that giant piece of dust on my camera sensor. Now I know to use a vacuum to clean the lens and not duster air spray that blows dust behind the lens.
Otherwise Jupiter at its closest is about the best we can hope for since you can get otherworldy moons! Here's my Jupiter pic with an old 6MP 12x zoom camera:
Anyway, while I'm here, here's some pics of a soldering failure I had today. I was trying to tin the flat bottom contacts on this tiny 3x1x.5mm SMD LED when it crushed. I was holding it in tweezers, but maybe they can't handle much pressure at soldering temps. They're designed for very specific reflow solder conditions, not normal iron use. I was hoping to wire up a brighter light for my macro photography. It might be impossible if this keeps up.
There's an interesting mesh behind the wires inside. Maybe it's a reflector, or part of the wiring?
And check out that giant piece of dust on my camera sensor. Now I know to use a vacuum to clean the lens and not duster air spray that blows dust behind the lens.
