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Hey all!
I am new to forum, and I have a question surrounding my gear and astrophotography. I am using a nikon d5000 along with a tamron 70-300mm telephoto lens, and am attempting to photograph deep sky objects by taking a lot of exposures and stacking them in deep sky stacker. Being that Nikon d5000 is a pretty old camera, and has very limitted ISO range, I am having trouble capturing deep sky objects. I can capture them well at about an 8 second expsure (at full ISO of 6400 and opening up the aperture) however at this point star trails become visible whenever I am closer than about 150mm of zoom. I know that most people take about 2s exposures when not using a star tracker, however this is not sufficient for my camera to capture the object. Any tips or ways to get around this problem without purchasing new gear?
Astrophotography with old gear
in Getting Started With Imaging
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Hey all!
Thanks so much for all of the responses! I agree with all of you that I am aware that the possibilities of astrophotography are pretty limited with what I have. However I also agree with you guys that I should further explore what I can do with what I have before getting more gear, as by taking lots of exposure and stacking, and things I should get better results. Thanks again for all the reply's!