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RE: Long Exposure of the Star Canopus
Great shot and good editing @betelzeus :-)
I like the streaks and the flares.
To get in focus while photographing in prime focus, you could try some short constructed focuser. There are several on the market to fix such problems. Otherwise, you could try to reduce the space between the primary and secondary mirror, which will be a bit tricky.
Thank you very much for the mention.
Hey , thanks @astrophoto.kevin . No worries about the mention , I can appreciate how much work goes into getting really good astro images (and I'm not quite on that level yet). I can get some decent images here and there , but really I just have to spend more time on astrophotography :)
And yeah , I kinda thought about a few things , and read up about it a while back , like cutting the tube (I didn't really want to go down that road though because that one is a bit permanent lol) . And did have a look at some low profile focuser , but just don't really have the spare funds for that.
It did cross my mind to maybe cut another hole for the focuser a little further back and move the secondary back to match , but again , I'm not sure about that one. In the end , I winded up just using a piece of plywood(with a hole in it of course haha) in place of the focuser and I put a 35mm extension tube held onto that. And somehow that seemed to be about the perfect distance to be in focus. I was thinking though I probably should try to DIY some type of helical focuser in place of the 35mm tube. Something to try one day anyways :) , I haven't been out in a good while now , I think I have to find my astrophotography mojo again before I get back out there hahah.