Imaging with Canon 40D??

[Astrosurf]

Right, I have a Canon 40D and T-ring. Now, if I wanted to take pics of a large planet like Jupiter what would I do? How do I get magnification? Best stacking sw? Blank frames etc? Step-by-step please! And remember, I'm a COMPLETE newby so won't understand techie jargon!

Thanks in advance all!

Alexxx

[Psychobilly]

Nice camera...

But....

DSLR is not the way to go for planetary or close up lunar imaging ... you'd be much better of with a webcam..

What scope are you going to use it on Alexx...?

[AstroTiger]

yes, i was about to sell my toucam when i learned that! :-D

[Astrosurf]

How silly I didn't mention my kit! Got over-excited there!

It's a Skywatcher 8" and HEQ5 mount.

[jgs001]

It's not impossible Alex, but by the time you've managed to add enough optical elements (barlows, TC's etc) to get the magnification, you're going to be

a) running at a silly F ratio, and the corresponding long duration of the exposure

looking at some potentially serious instabilities at the camera mount...

I did try it on Venus... using my C80ED, a 2x tc, a 2x and a 5x barlow... so 20x worth of magnification. I didn't want to let the camera go thanks to the stupid tube lengths but there was no way it was going to work otherwise... and here's what I ended up with. The EXIF data is in the border. Oh, focusing was a total nightmare.

Why did I do this, you may ask, to see what would happen and whether I could actually get any image scale.

[Astrosurf]

'Ere! Just bin lookin' and think mine must have HEQ5 Pro although I could have sworn it was just HEQ5 goto! That's how much of a numpty I am! I have used it very successfully tho! This is mine:

Reflectors - Skywatcher Explorer 200P HEQ5 PRO

[Astrosurf]

Eeek, I forgot about this! I printed it out to study it properly and will let you know how I get on!

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-discussion/74134-stuff-astrophotography.html