Starwiz

6 hours ago, spaceman_spiff said:

Strangely, I am coming from the opposite direction! I have only really done DSOs but I just bought an old EOS 550D for planetary work (it has a 1:1 pixel movie crop mode). Hopefully when it is attached to my Skymax 150 + 2x Barlow I should get a nice result. 

DSO work is great fun but I find it is quite a hand off experience. I set the guiding, start the exposures and retreat indoors. I now want to use that time setting up a planetary cam. 

I think you'll find imaging the planets a lot easier.  I haven't tried the DSOs yet, but there seems a lot more to it, from what I've read.  

Good luck and good seeing, I'll look forward to seeing your images.  

John

I bought the Canon 1200D.  I can't wait to get started as I've never done the dark side before, just planetary with the ASI120mc which I will now be using for guiding with DSOs.  

John

I think it's your best picture.  I've also recently bought an astro-modded dslr, but Mrs Starwiz won't let me have it until Father's day.  At least it's only about 8 days away now! 

John

Very nice image!  

John