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Originally Posted by exy
Hi Every,My name is Tony but all my Mates call me Exy,I am new to this site but have had a keen interest in Astronomy for many years,I am just starting in Astrophotography as a new hobby,i have a Canon eos 1000d camera and an orion XX12G Scope i realize that the Dobsonian mount is not ideal for long exposures but i am hoping it should be o'k for 30 seconds or less,does anyone have any advice for me regarding the use of my equipment to get the best quality images.
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g'day exy,
I've got a goto dob, and have got some nice deep space pics from short exposures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80336656@N07/ check out the pics.
I'd recommend keeping the exposures to 20 seconds, and going no higher than iso 3200, get as many subs as possible and use deep sky stacker (free download) to reduce the noise. you'll also want to get something like photoshop to process the images. don't forget to take dark's (same exposures with the lens cap on).
i'd recommend getting a coma corrector, the baader MPCC is a good one.
best of luck!
cheers
rusty