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Can't see the stars
Tonight I thought I would try my hand at some short exposure deep sky photography using my 8" SCT, DSLR in prime foucs & an app called DSLR Controller (similar functionality to EOS utility & Backyard EOS....
Total Fail.......
Basic problem is that I can't even see the brightest of stars to obtain focus prior to attempting to slew to a nebula. The bright stars are plain as day, even with the naked eye but, damned if I can see them on live view, even using 10x magnification for focus assistance.
Tried a multitude of different ISO settings up to 6400, had the exposure set for 30 sec exposure & nada, nothing in the live view. Slew to Saturn.. bright as, mars - ditto, back to a bright star... nothing...
Tried a few exposures just for stamps, yep.. captured a perfect donut.. so the star is there, just nowhere near focus... can't focus if I can't see it...
So, how the hell do I do this??
Any assistance, advice, anything really that might help me sort this out would be deeply appreciated...
Thanks in advance
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