Astrophotography How-To Tutorial: intro
I have decided to publish step-by-step how-to tutorial for astrophotography beginners. It’s International Year of Astronomy and I am pretty sure that there is a lot of people who are interested in astronomy and astrophotography, but they don’t know where to start.
Weekly I will publish articles guiding you trough the process of astrophotography – from equipment to the imaging tips and processing of images on the computer. Each article will cover specific part and every single of them is important for good results.
There are several different types of objects up there and they require different type of equipment, capturing, processing. In this tutorial I will focus on deep-sky astrophotography with DSLR camera and with amateur equipment in range up to 5.000$. If you are beginner – don’t be afraid! There is a possibility to start astrophotography with much lower budget and get stunning results. You just need to be patient and don’t give up.
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Don’t forget that we all learn from mistakes. With patience and enthusiasm everything is possible. Enjoy the Universe and Clear Skies!
NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula @ Primož Cigler
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Hi.
I have a 6″ reflector telescope and a Sony A300 DSLR with T-ring and a 1 1/4″ adaptor. I can’t get a focus on anything beyond about 15m. Is the problem with the telescope or the camera? I’ve used the eyepiece adjustmant through the whole of its range, but with no success.
Hi.
Thanks for this ‘how-to’ tutorial.
I have a 6″ reflector telescope and a Sony A300 DSLR with T-ring and a 1 1/4″ adaptor. I can’t get a focus on anything beyond about 15m. Is the problem with the telescope or the camera? I’ve used the eyepiece adjustmant through the whole of its range, but with no success.
Hi Jerome,
If you can’t reach the focus to infinity (the stars) then the focuser of your telescope is too high. Maybe you should try to pull the primary mirror more in the tube with collimation screws in the back of you telescope. Perhaps this will sole the problem. But careful! If you screw to the wrong way (out) your mirror can fall out the cell!