Hi John thank you so much for helping. This was a typo sorry - I meant exposures, not e posters. During day I can achieve focus and take photos. I have an equatorial mount but not tracked. Once I get some photos I will add a motor drive to aid in tracking . I use a Nikon d750. I am waiting for the moon to come up high in the sky, it is appearing around 12am these days. I do want to target the moon first to see if I am doing something fundamentally wrong.
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Originally Posted by The Mekon
Benji, I had hoped some of the more experienced astrophotographers would have chimed in by now, but as they have not, I will.
What camera are you using? And have you taken photos by day?
I do not understand the term "I take long e posters say around 10-30 sec"
what are e posters? are you using the mount to track?
In my view you need to start with the moon or a bright star and take 1 or 2 sec exposures and see how they work out. This will also help you with your focus.
Come back to us and give more information.
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