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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi Evan, welcome to IIS!
What type of EQ mount does it have? Is it a light wobbly one, or a more heavy duty one?
You could start by just pointing the camera into the eyepiece and snapping away.. that'll work fine for the moon, and maybe for the bright planets. For deep space, you'll need to get it working in prime focus mode as others have said, or piggyback.
Don't worry about guiding until you get the basics right.
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Evan that is good advice from Mike, you can have so much fun snapping the Moon just by holding the camera to the eye piece and snapping away...and marginal tracking will not prevent you..also you can get a feel of the software.. you may be able to take a few snaps and start working with a stacking program which not only a lot of fun you will get good results with the gear at you disposal now. Good luck. Try geting as good a pole as you can and try piggy back at increasing exposure times and you will see how important perfect alignment is because I suspect the stars will trail.. see if even without an illuminated reticle you can get it better and this will give you a feel for the considerations that come into play.
alex