Swithin StCleeve

Some useful tips there, many thanks. I've yet to use my equatorial mount properly, (I've had a Dobsonian for the last 20 years), so that's my first challenge. Then I'll get some imaging done. I was at my local Astronomy group last Monday and a guy told me polar alignment was quite easy, and ran me through it (I took my scope).

Then I need a motor...

Thanks for the tips Dan. When you say record movies onto the computer with the camera live view, does that mean you have to have your pc hooked up to the camera when you record the movie?

Cannon 750D camera, and an 8" Skywatcher on an EQ mount. The camera only arrived last week, so I'm just taking on board info. I was particularly pleased to see your Jupiter because someone told me DSLRs aren't useful for Planetary photography.

I've got such a lot to learn, but I have got some nice moon shots this week, which I'm pleased with.

That's lovely. I'm taking my first steps with DSLR astrophotography, and I really appreciate the techy stuff you've posted.

If that was my photo, I'd be pleased as punch!