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Just bought the wife and daughter the Celestron 6E. I know nothings about this but so far by just getting it aligned and what we've seen so far Im just blown away.
Already researching how to get the DSLR attached to capture some of this. We looked at the moon this evening and Im still in shock.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. This is all a bit over my head.
been trying to get into this, did a few moon shots before and the Venus crossing of the sun a few years back. the most recent attempt at taking pictures of stars was on our flight to Manila this past December:
Actually I have to take the lens off the DSLR in order to put the adapter on. Right now I just have it on auto. Not sure what to do as far as setting to make it better. Friend told me last night to change it to raw. Gonna play with it some more
I have no idea if it's the right time of year or if you can see it at your elevation, but are you able to get a shot of Saturn?
I've been kicking around the idea of getting a telescope for some time now but have no idea what one can get for the money.
I had a friend build a telescope at a workshop and it was really cool to see the moon, but then looking at Saturn blew my mind. Being able to actually see the rings was really awesome.
I'd be interested to see what you could do with your setup if you're able to spot it.
I have no idea if it's the right time of year or if you can see it at your elevation, but are you able to get a shot of Saturn?
I've been kicking around the idea of getting a telescope for some time now but have no idea what one can get for the money.
I had a friend build a telescope at a workshop and it was really cool to see the moon, but then looking at Saturn blew my mind. Being able to actually see the rings was really awesome.
I'd be interested to see what you could do with your setup if you're able to spot it.
I promise you once I do Ill snap a shot of it. Right now Im still trying to get this fucker aligned. Its a colossal pain in the ass for a newb like me. This thing is over my head. But Ill figure it out.
Right now Im just pointing it at what I can see. Or what my daughter is telling me based on the app on her phone lol.
Cool. I could go look at the specs for what you listed but it's easier to ask... Does it do the motorized tracking? I thought there were some where you use an app or punch in the celestial coordinates somehow and the damn thing will identify the point of interest and then track it as it moves across the sky.
That was the other thing that gobstruck me... Looking at Saturn but then how noticeably it was moving across the sky.
I asked my mom for a telescope in like 2010 and she found an 8" Orion (XT8?) on Craigslist for $300. I took the picture below with an iPhone 5S held up to the lens. It has been a long time dream of mine to mount a camera on it. My super-long time dream is to build a platform with servomotors on the two axes controlled by a computer so I can track things and take pictures. Then I learned from my boss' boss about a local electrical engineer who got into astronomy with the same motivations as me and ended up building his own observatory. His pictures have been featured in all kinds of publishings, but once he fulfilled his goals, he sold it all and moved on to hang-gliding. Maybe I'll build an observatory in West Texas some day.
Saturn is indeed mind blowing, but I can trace all of my comso-curiosity back to one time when I was 7 or 8, and my uncle had Jupiter in view in my back yard. Seeing all of its moons was awesome.
I took this last night. This is the center star of Orions Belt. I need help from the photographers here. What settings do you think would give me the best result. All I did on this one was make the exposure time longer. This was about 10 seconds. I didnt know if there are other settings I can mess with.
01-01-2017, 11:55 PM
what lens and aperture/shutter settings?
