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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
Can you adapt you video bracket to mount your still camera, collect a heap of 30 sec stills and stack them in Registax?
BTW is you really want to give it a go, you are welcome to borrow my LPI, which goes for up to 16 sec. You might have some luck with that.
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Yup, I was using my still camera to take this shot (about a 15-20sec exposure). I made a new bracket for it the other day before my mount arrived. So far its turned out to work quite well. I'm having difficulties getting a nice focus though, because when I point the scope at some object with no bright stars, there is nothing in the viewfinder bright enough to get it nice and crisp. I guess this is where the hartmann mask I made a few months ago comes into good use.
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When you said visible with the naked eye did you mean though the scope or just looking up at the sky. If you meant through the scope (not usually what neked eye means but I think this might be what you meant) than it could be pluto. If you meant just looking at the sky then it ain't pluto .
EDIT:When I look at your photo I feel that what you have labeled as pluto is too bright. It would look more like very faint star right in the middle. Hope you manage to get it though
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Yup, when I said naked eye I meant through the telescope. And yes, what I thought was Pluto was the little star just next to it. I'll be giving it another go visually when the moon has gone away in a few days or so. (And yup, I missed Pluto in the shot - it was an unlucky coincidence that Starry night only showed pluto being there and not the other star. I think I need to find some starcharts that have a better magnitude depth.