Astrophotography - Nikon D3


 

 

Taken March 13th. Mirror lock-up and MC-36 cord to fire shutter. NEF files processed in NX then sharpened in CS3 using smart sharpen.

*Atmsophere was not the too steady the evening these were taken.

Telescope used is a Celestron C14 SCT
shown here with Moonlite focuser, Astro-Physics diagonal and TV 35mm Panoptic eyepiece.
Finder is 10x80 Lumicon in Losmandy bracket w/custom extension.