Jupiter finally moved far enough for me to take a picture. To do that, I’m using the Phillips SPC900NC webcam I purchased a while back attached to my Orion XT6. Here is the video of my first attempt.
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This is my first real attempt at photographing a deep space object. So I pick one of the brightest, M7, as the target. I’m using my Sony DSC-S50, the digi-T adapter attached to a 25mm eyepiece and the Orion XT6 scope.
I used the Sony’s ultra low light mode to take this picture. According to the [...]
The first telescope sucks, it is time for another one. I spend a few days reading everything I could about starter scopes. The consensus seems to be the Orion XT series. They’re cheap and gives you a good size primary mirror. The down side is that astrophotography will be impossible because it is a dobsonian [...]