Need some advice for astrophotoraphy

[Jdancker]

Hello! I purchased the Nikon D3400 box set from Costco which includes 2 lens: AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR and AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED. Additionally, I bought a tripod and another lens: a NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D. I want to start taking some good images of the night sky and just learn the basics. I’m not sure where to start with the equipment I have. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance! 

[MarsG76]

Initially use the 18-55mm lens, set to 18mm and take a 20-30 second exposure at ISO 1600 toward the milky way in the sky... that will reveal a lot of unseen sky detail... 

When you want to expand from that, download a copy of either Nebulosity from Stark Labs or Deep Sky Stacker, take a series of photos of the sky in a similar fashion to what I mentioned above and stack the frames....

That would be a good start into astrophotography...

[rigradio]

Start with static tripod -> Astrophotography-101

Start with barndoor tracker -> Barn-door-tracker

[Jdancker]

16 minutes ago, MarsG76 said:

Initially use the 18-55mm lens, set to 18mm and take a 20-30 second exposure at ISO 1600 toward the milky way in the sky... that will reveal a lot of unseen sky detail... 

When you want to expand from that, download a copy of either Nebulosity from Stark Labs or Deep Sky Stacker, take a series of photos of the sky in a similar fashion to what I mentioned above and stack the frames....

That would be a good start into astrophotography...

Thank you, hopefully the weather cooperates and I can give it a try tonight!

[Jdancker]

6 minutes ago, rigradio said:

Start with static tripod -> Astrophotography-101

Start with barndoor tracker -> Barn-door-tracker

Thank you!!

[MarsG76]

37 minutes ago, Jdancker said:

Thank you, hopefully the weather cooperates and I can give it a try tonight!

Ah weather control.. no tips there from me...