Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Sagittarius on Film, Paul Krizak
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Sagittarius on Film

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Sagittarius on Film

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Experimenting with film astrophotography. I picked up a Nikon N60/F60 camera at a swap meet and thought I'd see what it's like shooting astrophotos on film. I started out with a wide field (50mm) because I don't have a tracking mount that I take to my dark-sky site (my Losmandy G11 is in my home observatory under fairly bright skies). Due to the lack of tracking, I purchased a roll of the fastest film I could find: Ilford Delta 3200. The super-high speed means it's incredibly grainy, but I was very impressed with what I was able to capture in a short 15 second exposure at f/1.8.

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Sagittarius on Film, Paul Krizak