Astrophotography

[Penwith24]

Hi everyone I  am attempting to photograph the moon, have a Sky-Watcher D=120mm=F600mm and a Cannon 600D, dose anyone have any recommendations as to the camera setting I need to acomplish my first attempt at astrophotography please.

Regards Roger 

[ollypenrice]

The experts in solar system imaging use video footage from which they extract and stack the best frames from the shoot. This gives a far better result than a single exposure. Your camera will shoot video so that might be worth a try. You'll need appropriate software like Registax or Autostakkert for the processing.

When shooting stills at prime focus (the telescope becoming the lens) you only have two variables, ISO and exposure time, so it's easy to experiment and find what's best. 

Olly

Edited April 27, 2021 by ollypenrice

[vlaiv]

Keep exposure time low, especially if you are using stationary tripod / non tracking mount.

Something like 1/250th.