Astrophotography Exposure Table:

Film: Ektachrome Elite 200

Subject

28mm

200mm

500mm

Sky Fog Limit

15 minutes

50 minutes

1.7 hours

Bright Nebulae

30 seconds

2 minutes

3 minutes

Faint Nebula

15 minutes

50 minutes

1.7 hours

Galactic Cores

2 minutes

7 minutes

15 minutes

Galaxy Outer Area

40 minutes

2 hours

too long

Comets

50 seconds

3 – 5  minutes

6 – 10 minutes

 

Eyepiece Projection Table:

Film: Ektachrome Elite 200

 

Planet

13mm

13mm Proj. X 2

8mm

Mercury

¼ second

1 second

½ second

Venus

1/60 second

1/15 second

1/30 second

Mars

1/8 second

1 second

1/2second

Jupiter

½ second

2 seconds

2 seconds

Saturn

2 seconds

9 seconds

6 seconds

Uranus

11 seconds

55 seconds

35 seconds

 

Lunar Exposures (1st quarter):

Film: Ektachrome Elite 200

200mm

500mm

1200mm

13mm proj.

8mm proj.

1/500 second

1/250 second

1/125 second

¼ - 1 second

½ - 1 second

 

Lunar Eclipse Exposures:

Film: Ektachrome Elite 200

200mm

500mm

1200mm

13mm proj.

8mm proj.

1/250 second

1/125 second

1/30 second

3 – 4 minutes

4+ minutes

 

Solar Filtered Exposures:

Film: Ektachrome Elite 200

80mm prime

21mm

13mm

8mm

1/1000 second

1/500 second

1/125 – 1/250 sec.

1/60 – 1/125 sec.