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Urban Astrophotography

We can't all live in the desert. This is a place to share our pitfalls, detriments, workarounds, solutions and remedies to astrophotography issues unique to our urban environment.

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Latest Activity: Jan 8, 2014

We can't all live in the desert or on a mountaintop or in a closed community with strict light pollution laws. Many of us live in urban settings and do a lot of our observations and astrophotography in our backyards.I live in a large city and my limiting visual magnitude is about 3.5-4.5 depending on conditions. My dslr registers red murky, mercury vapor colored sky after a very short time, dependant on focal length.When I shoot images I must use filters to block certain wavelengths of light, causing a dramatic decrease in signal and requiring a dramatic increase is integration time to get an equivalent image as what my counterparts in a more rural, less light polluted area get.This is a place to share our pitfalls, detriments, workarounds, solutions and remedies to astrophotography issues unique to our urban environment.

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IDAS LPS2

Started by Bill R.. Last reply by John O'Neal Oct 14, 2011. 5 Replies

I've been using the Hutech IDAS LPS P2 filter nearly all the time. It works quite well, but imaging time is increased.

Light Pollution Filters

Started by John O'Neal. Last reply by Starhopper Feb 16, 2011. 2 Replies

What filter(s) do you use and/or find useful for eliminating or downplaying the effects of light pollution? Let's try not to get into processing techniques, etc in this discussion as that topic can…Continue

Gradient Exterminator

Started by John O'Neal. Last reply by Starhopper Feb 13, 2011. 5 Replies

One of the real disadvantages of an urban setting is vignetting caused by stray light and light pollution and/or smog in the sky, causing "skyglow" and saturating our images prematurely..Recently I…Continue

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