Taking photos using a telescope

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I have a canon 450, and a telescope, and i was wondering how i able to able to take photos? I have just ordered a t shaped adapter, but not sure what else to go for?

i have these attachments...

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and this is my telescope...

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another question is, i will obviously need long exposure photography, how do i take in to account the stars moving?

thanks a lot

Tim
 
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appletart said:
another question is, i will obviously need long exposure photography, how do i take in to account the stars moving?
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If you can get your camera attached then this will be your main problem. You'll need a tracking mount. Look to be spending several hundred quid or several hundred hours of your time for a home-made one.
 
may be stupid question, but there are dials on my mount as it is, with certain numbers, am i wrong in assuming that this is the tracking mount?
 
appletart said:
may be stupid question, but there are dials on my mount as it is, with certain numbers, am i wrong in assuming that this is the tracking mount?
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Yes, it is a tracking mount... but you have to do it manually (not easy, but do-able). That looks like an EQ1 and you can buy a motor that attaches where the hand wheels are.
 
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it looks a bit light for a dlsr, eq3 and above are better.

the holding rings on the tube are very close, this will not help vibrations
 
Been there, done that. It's VERY expensive....

If you are happy with pics of the moon, what you have will probably do fine. If you want anything like the amazing nebular pics you see - IMHO forget it with what you have. To get anything more than a fuzzy snapshot, you'll need to spend 700-1000 on the mount, another 200-300 on the 'scope (and that's a starter scope as yours looks like a long focal length), computer control it, possibly guide it with another 'scope and then spend as much time again in processing the resultant image to get rid of camera noise and light pollution. If you want to do it on the cheap, build yourself a barn door mount...

As for planets, you need a totally different camera - webcams do nicely there....
 
arad85 said:
Been there, done that. It's VERY expensive....

If you are happy with pics of the moon, what you have will probably do fine. If you want anything like the amazing nebular pics you see - IMHO forget it with what you have. To get anything more than a fuzzy snapshot, you'll need to spend 700-1000 on the mount, another 200-300 on the 'scope (and that's a starter scope as yours looks like a long focal length), computer control it, possibly guide it with another 'scope and then spend as much time again in processing the resultant image to get rid of camera noise and light pollution. If you want to do it on the cheap, build yourself a barn door mount...

As for planets, you need a totally different camera - webcams do nicely there....
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WOW! ..... How to put someone off in just a few words :suspect: .... Let the OP find the limitations and move on from there! ..... I know the kit aint the best as does probably the OP ...... still they have a chance with a bit of research and googling, especially if they just use a camera!
 
Splog said:
WOW! ..... How to put someone off in just a few words
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Just trying to set expectations. Did I misrepresent anything? Moon: fine with what you have. Planets, you really could do with a (specialist) webcam. Deep space stuff: umm.. money...
 
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