{"id":746,"date":"2014-01-07T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=746"},"modified":"2014-01-07T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:55:15","slug":"astrophotography-is-gonna-be-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/07\/astrophotography-is-gonna-be-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrophotography is gonna be hard…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This blog was started on the 7th, and therefore I’m back dating the publish date. I’ll work on publishing on time moving forward \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to read one book per month. One of the books I’ve started this month is titled, “Astrophotography – A Step-by-Step Approach” written by Robert T. Little. The foreword is written by Isaac Asimov.<\/p>\n

I’m fascinated by astrophotography. I think the ability to make photos of the Milky Way, other galaxies, planets, the sun during an eclipse is awesome. It reminds me of how small we are, and yet how special it is to be able to capture that hugeness in a 35mm frame.<\/p>\n

But…<\/p>\n

It’s really hard to do. You see, the earth moves, and so the stars blur. And it’s hard to really nail a galaxy photo without a telescope. And I don’t have a telescope \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But this book is fantastic. It was written in the 80s, still talks about film, and has stamps in the front from being checked out with old school library cards. Further, the author is super clear, and makes everything really easy. I just need to photocopy the one summary page per chapter, and I’m set.<\/p>\n

So… who has a telescope I can borrow to test it all out \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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