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leemold

leemold

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Hi all.

I've just joined this lounge today and thought I would introduce my self.

My name is Lee and I have just started planetary sciences with the OU.

I am interested in buying a telescope and be able to use it with my canon Eos400D for astrophotography.

Any advice would be appreciated as I know nothing at the moment except how great some of the photgraphs of the planets look.

Thanks

Lee

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Ericgraham

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Hi Lee, welcome to SGL. You will some amazing amateur planetary images these days- better than those from ground based professional telescopes from a decade ago. Search SGL and other sites to find out how it is done and what hardware and software is used. Good luck

Eric

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brantuk

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Hi Lee and welcome to SGL :)

For imaging you will require an equatorial mount - and a good beefy one at that if you expect good results. Make sure you ask lots of questions in the Help Section as it's a bit of a dark art - meantime Steve Richards book "Making Every Photon Count" is an excellent intro to the subject - enjoy the forum :(

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damnut

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Hi Leemold,

Warm welcome to SGL, best thing to do is to go along to a local astro group and see what kit people have you can then make an informed decision on what suits you best. For astro work relatively deep pockets required!.

Good Luck

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