Any Telescopes/Astrophotography people in here?

[GodStang]

Anyone into Telescopes and Astrophotography? My daughter is really into space and science and I want to support her enthusiasm I was looking at getting a telescope. I have a Canon 70D that I would like to attach to the telescope. Anyone have any recommendations of a telescope sub $1K that they recommend? If you have pictures you have taken also post up.

 

[Coosawjack]

Forgetaboutdit.........get her this!!

Nikon COOLPIX P1000 Super-telephoto digital camera

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[GodStang]

Wow those are amazing!

 

[jaxbusa]

Incredible!


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[Deceptive]

You know someone here is looking for Uranus.


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[03cobra#694]

Wow...

 

[PhoenixM3]

You know someone here is looking for Uranus.


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Where’s Kaneda?

 

[Coosawjack]

Wow those are amazing!

Thanks!!

These newer cameras are incredible......I never dreamed I could do this sorta stuff with a $1000.00 (now $700.00) hand held device!!

Get your Daughter one......she'll love it!!

 

[PhoenixM3]

Thanks!!

These newer cameras are incredible......I never dreamed I could do this sorta stuff with a $1000.00 (now $700.00) hand held device!!

Get your Daughter one......she'll love it!!

I may be attending a satellite launch this month. This camera has great reach!

 

[Coosawjack]

I may be attending a satellite launch this month. This camera has great reach!

Post up some photos if ya go!!

 

[James Snover]

Forgetaboutdit.........get her this!!

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Have tried this on the Orion Nebula, yet? Be interesting to see how it does.

 

[James Snover]

For time-lapse astrophotography, you need what's called a "German Equatorial mount," and you'll want one that is automated. It attaches to a tripod and it counters the effects of Earth's rotation in time lapse deep-sky imaging. You'll also want at least a 3" refractor, OR an 8" reflector telescope. You will also want at least "2-inch Crayford style" focuser, on which the camera will be mounted. Then there is the editing software for processing all the images.

The good news is that the Canon 70D is a pretty good camera for this sort of thing. With the above setup.

It isn't cheap. Probably can't touch this for anywhere near a grand. Maybe a grand, if you bought used, but only do that if you have someone who knows this stuff to evaluate the equipment for you before you buy! And there is a pretty steep learning curve for all this. Yes, you can get by with a simple 8-inch Dobsonian telescope and less expensive focuser to hold the camera. But you're limited to bright objects and short exposures.

If there is a local astronomy club near you (and there probably is) start attending some meetings. mention you and your daughter's interest in this, and you'll probably have a dozen volunteers offering to teach you the subject in depth. Some of these folks have truly amazing telescopes, get to know them and they'll invite you to observing sessions, star parties, etc, and show you the ropes.

And for your daughter: many discoveries in astronomy were made by women, from the days of antiquity to the current times. Astronomy is a GREAT intro to science & technology!

Hope you guys have a great time with this!

 

[Coosawjack]

Have tried this on the Orion Nebula, yet? Be interesting to see how it does.

No I have not but will as soon as it clears up.......Cloudy and Rainy here lately!!

Orion is almost directly overhead at 8:00 PM here and will have the least atmospheric interference being overhead....stay tuned!!

 

[James Snover]

I was watching an NFL game a few years ago. They came back from a commercial break and said something like, “We’re going to let one of our camera men have some fun for a second.”

The view changed to a wide angle shot of the whole field. Then it shifted up to the night sky, found a bright star, and started zooming in. When they had reached max zoom, you could see it wasn’t a star, it was Jupiter! You could clearly see some of the bands in the atmosphere, it was fantastic.

Then back to the game. I will never forget that bit.


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