Jackal1258

Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm sure it will help me get better images.

Hello, I'm currently trying to photograph different nebula with my unmodified canon 450d. My current telescope is a Skywatcher 500/102 on an az g02 mount. A few nights ago I tried photography the running chicken nebula, but after taking a photo I saw no sign of any nebula. The settings I used were an exposure of 30 seconds, and an ISO of 1600 which is the max my DSLR can go to. I haven't done any dark, or bias frames as this was my first time doing deep sky astrophotography. I've attached the photo to this article. Can anyone give me some advice on which I can do to help increase the visibility of nebula.

I'm looking for some of type of software that will give me the ability to control my canon 450d and its photos and exposures. The only problem is I'm on a macbook air and I can't find any good software I can use. Has anyone got any recommendations?

Thank you for all the useful advice. The focal reducer should arrive soon. I might also look into getting a telescope with a big shorter of a focal length to increase the FOV even more.

Thanks Mitch

8 hours ago, StevieDvd said:

I have not seen the program author post here for quite a while and there appears to be no updates to the web page either after the 1.8 release.

 

I tired a different software "astroDMX Capture" instead and this one works and I think is actually better than oaCapture.

Thank you anyway.

Thanks for the help guys. I've ordered a 0.5 reducer to decrease the zoom, so let's hope that it makes it better.

I'm using a SV105 camera with my telescope but the camera is way to zoomed in and I'm trying to figure out how I can decrease its zoom so I can actually see stuff. I'm using the AstroDMx Capture software. If anyone knows how to use that software or camera to decrease the zoom that would be very helpful.

Thanks Mitch

I'm trying to connect my SV105 camera to oaCapture on my MacBook, but when I try and select the camera, it says that is is unable to connect. Its running version 1.8.0 of oaCapture.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so how did you fix it?

32 minutes ago, Giles_B said:

Thanks @Cornelius Varley - that's useful to know, and my apologies for any aspersions about the quality. I guess the question becomes the standard: what does @Jackal1258 want and expect from this scope?

I want to try photography and just general observation.

38 minutes ago, Giles_B said:

Other than second hand examples on ebay, this is not a brand I've heard of particularly. What are the specs (can you post a link?) My suspicion is that it's an inferior scope, and you'd be better served by a reputed brand such as Skywatcher, Bresser, Celestron etc. etc.  These forums will give you plenty of buying advice, but it would be useful to know what you are after and why you think this is a good scope for you.

Where are you thinking of buying it from? I'd suggest buying from a proper telescope dealer like First Light Optics, Rother Valley Optics, 365 Astronomy etc. rather than Amazon and suchlike.

I've listed the specifications below. And here is the link

https://telescopes.net.nz/collections/telescopes?_=pf&pf_t_usage=usage%3Aastronomy computerised&pf_v_brand=Saxon Optics

I'm looking at getting a new telescope and the saxon  15075 Reflector Telescope is one I'm looking at. Can you guys give me some advice on whether or not this is a good choice.

For some reason it's working today, but not last night. Not really sure what happened. Thanks Anyway.

I'm trying to download RegiStax, but when I click one the downloads, nothing happens, I've tried it on multiple devices and multiple versions and nothing happens. Does it work for anyone else?