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Great thread to skim through if you're getting a star adventurer

@Ken Mitchell Wow ! stunning ...

Make sure if you choose a lens with built in motor (AF-S or HSM etc) as the 3300 has no motor for focus in body, also look for one that has the tripod collar on lens as it will make balance on the Star adventurer better. Sigma's 70-200 2.8 HSM is a nice alternative to Nikon's own model at a fraction of the price. DP review have good lens reviews. Good luck choosing.

Interesting question with many possible answers, you could look at a budget guiding option to allow longer exposure or maybe a modded DSLR to capture Ha faster (red stuff) Can you go longer than 30 seconds ? Are you using a programmable shutter release ?

I've often thought of drilling holes behind the flip out screen on a D5300 and attaching a fan there, with an intake hole somewhere (filtered) but not sure how much benefit it would really be .

Old thread revival ... Did anyone find a UK Nikon astro modder ?

Done ... Where have you been Craig ?

That's really beautiful.

I think it's nice ! usual answer is more data ...

I used the D7100 for normal photography and had a beaten up D5300 for astro, flogged them both with the intention of buying a D7500 for both ... but now i'm not so sure !

I'm now considering getting a D5600 for normal and a ZWO ASI 183MC for astro ... just to confuse things

Really nice , love an Orion shot.

Cheers Shinny, great app ! The darkness is a nice add on, thank you ... On my old banger (HTC M8) second number on time doesn't fit but still useful.

An essential read if you're into 'Dob modding'

but it did with the other lens ? strange, where you definitely on the manual focus mode (by the lens release switch)