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Old 15-07-2018, 01:13 AM
Mandalore (Tom)
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Absolute Beginner’s Astrophotography

Hello IceInSpace
This is my first ever post.
This evening I had a go at astrophotography. I have a Celestron 5se GoTo telescope and a Cannon EOS 1100D.
I have aligned my telescope and started taking pictures of Cadwell star clusters such as Southern Pleiades, Wishing Well Cluster, Pearl Cluster, Jewelbox Cluster. I have a few good pictures. I would add them here, but photobucket doesn’t seem to be working for me.

The problem I have is that when the digital camera is attached to the telescope, I cannot see the stars until I take a photo. I can’t see through the viewfinder of the camera, it is too small. The screen of my camera is almost always completely blank, until I have taken an exposure.
Is there any way so that I can see what I am taking photos of before I take the actual photos?
It would be good to have a look at what I am taking photos of so that I can capture the whole star cluster.

Thanks
Tom
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