Our goal at Cloudy Nights is to assist amateur astronomers in better understanding the equipment that goes with the hobby. We strive to accomplish this goal in three ways. by providing a forum for reviews of telescopes and accessories by providing a fo
For pure astrophotography with no visual, the Seestar is really simple as others have mentioned. If you really don't want tracking, then a Dobsonian would be your only chance. You can easily do the moon and the planets, but the DSO are going to be really tough without tracking, except ...
Cloudy Nights is chock full of good advice and information about processing in the relevant forums, especially beginning astrophotography. Some of the unique attributes/challenges of working with a Questar are discussed here in the Q forum but when it comes to processing images, people are generally...
Page 4 of 4 - Astrophotography Image for Raspberry Pi Zero/W - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: Hi Harald, Thank you for the response. Im still digesting- frankly, theres just an amazing amount more capability in the offing than I would have
There is a whole separate forum here on Cloudy Nights dedicated to planetary imaging, you can get a lot of great advice on planetary imaging there. This forum is focused on DSO imaging, which is a completely different animal. As far as DSO, you could cheaply and easily dip your toes in...
Page 280 of 286 - Cloudy Nights Introduce Yourself - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): Hi everyone, Cindy here. I can still remember the first time I looked through a telescope eyepiece at about 12 years old and saw Jupiter. What a feelin
Beginning astrophotography with Pc apps - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: Hello everyone! Im pretty sure you have heard it a thousand times , but i am new to astrophotography and i need your help. After many sessions with my dslr camera and som
Page 20 of 20 - Astrophotography on the Mac - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: I run PI on both my Macs and on a very fast linux box. After all these years, I no longer expect that PI will ever be ported to native apple silicon. On the other h
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A basic, but great option would be a ZWO AM3 mount, the ZWO tripod, an AT80ED, an ASIAir, and a supported camera, like the ZWO 533mc pro. You could get it all used on cloudy nights classifieds. It’s about double your budget but it should be a good set up. ...