Newcomer to Astro-Photography

[anth]

Hi all.

1/ Thanks for all the great advice so far.

2/ I have a Celestron CPC 9.25 and am interested in taking photos and having them appear on my laptop asap. I know that I dont have an EQ mount so my exposure time will be limited severely. What is my best option. I am not expecting much maybe jupiter, orions nebula and andromeda (a globular cluster would be great!). My budget is about £250 but I would apreciate all advice.

Many thanks

Anth

[Bizibilder]

Have you thought about photographing the Moon? Nice and bright so you can use short exposures and not have to worry about tracking.

At the moment you could buy a Canon 1000D body for about £300 new (or less second hand!) but the price rises and falls so keep an eye open! I keep an eye on prices here:

Camera Price Buster - UKs cheapest camera gear

The other option, still with the Moon, would be to get a webcam from somewhere like Morgan computers - you will need it "flashed" and also a nosepiece and ir/uv filter - all for around £30. Some free software - sharpcap to get your images and then registax or Avistack and you are away!!

[rowan46]

I hear the cpc 925 takes good pics. and with a webcam you will get photo's of the moon and planets. but to take pics of dso's you are going to need an eq wedge CPC GPS Series - Celestron Heavy Duty Wedge you may also need a focal reducer Reducers/Flatteners - Celestron f6.3 Focal Reducer you may be able to get the wedge second hand