Fahad Tahir

I tried taking short "exposures" from my phone of the stellarium screen while not centering on object. It suggests I can do around 0.3 s maximum. Can't I take a 100 frames at 1600 ISO and stack them together ?

Perfect. I'll give it a go right now. Thanks

I'm based in Swindon, UK. Andromeda will definitely be my first target which is due east currently. Thanks.

Hi everyone. A newbie at astrophotography here. I bought a Skywatcher 200p with eq5 mount a month ago, and recently ordered a used dslr (550d) camera for primefocus astrophotography. Now my mount is not motorized (manual) and tbh I don't want to spend anymore money on equipment. Using the 500 rule I calculated that I could only take exposures of 0.5 seconds or even less. Is it worth doing astrophotography for some of the brighter DSOs such as Andromeda, at such short exposures (and stacking). What can I expect to see? Or is it possible to manually "track" objects using my eq5 and get some software to compensate for any blurring? Any help appreciated, because I'm thinking of cancelling my DSLR order if it's not worth it. Thanks