Finderscope turned Guidescope
Last weekend I went out to do some imaging and was having problems with my guidescope.
I used a super long 60mm Tasco with a webcam mounted to it. It worked okay, but it wasn’t working so great with the clouds, and it did not help that I was imaging near the zenith. That meant that the [...]
Pictures longer than 30 seconds
March 27, 2009 by John Wohlfeil
Filed under Equipment, How To's
Someone just asked, “can I take exposures longer than 30 sec. using my Nikon DLSR?”
The answer is yes. You can take exposures much longer than 30 sec. but you have to do it manually. Set your Nikon DSLR (D40, D50, D60, D70, D80, D90) to manual (M) or shutter priority (S) and move your shutter [...]
Astrophography with a 1 1/4″ focuser
March 13, 2009 by fuadramsey
Filed under Articles, How To's, Starting Out
If you are like me, you are amazed by all the wonderful photos people are getting with their telescopes. Yes it does take a while and is not easy, but there are things you can do to try it out. We’ll focus on the types of astrophotography you can do with a telescope that has [...]
