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 ?

2 hours ago, Tommohawk said:

Not sure if you have Stellarium, but you might like to download this - its excellent and free (others are available!) Then in the tools area set up you scope and sensor, and you can get an idea of the view you will have your setup. Also if you then unclick the "centre on selected object" button, you can see how much your target will move in real time over a given time period. 

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

4 hours ago, happy-kat said:

Hi

What's the aspect of your observing location as celestial object movement is less noticeable to the east and west at lower elevations say 50 degrees and under. You *might* find you get something between 1-2 seconds there.

The 550d does crop video to which is better for the Moon and planets.

Whether something is worth doing is a personal decision as it's highly subjective

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