G'day.
Being a complete novice to night photography etc, I was wondering what type of scope could I hook my Canon 7D to, for pics of the planets etc. I would be looking at the cheaper end products at the moment.
Thanks
Cheers Reverend.
hi rev..... are you a creationist or an evolutionist ha ha!
just kiddin'........ anyhoo the least expensive is just to set it up on a tripod and record "startrails" this way you can really see how the stars (earth?) moves on some manual 30s exposures
then there would be the "barn door" tracker, a sort of home made setup that can track the sky and works quite well for widefield photos...... after that well... depends on how deep your pockets are!
pat
Thanks Pat. What I meant was, that I saw a bloke down the beach photographing the stars or planets, and he had his camera hooked up ( actually attached) to the telescope. I was asking about that type of set up. Thanks again.
Cheers Rev.
ok ray then you will need to spend a little bit of money
check out at minimum an eq3 goto mount and an 80mm E.D refractor
this will, or should keep you under 1k
perhaps you could pick up a cheap 6 inch newtonian reflector for a couple of hundred but then you may need to get a more expensive mount to support the extra weight
a good tracking mount becomes a necessity
pat
