This is what I meant earlier about exposure. Many times in astrophotography, we HAVE to over-expose for certain things to reveal themselves. Almost all the small dots around this overexposed image of Saturn are actually moons https://puu.sh/G1v1y/bdb56733b6.png

They reflect so little light that ( depending on the size of your CMOS chip or image collector ) you actually HAVE to overexpose

Now I want to go find my old telescope

is it a reflector or refractor and what's the aperture?

Your camera skills are very good. I'm literally an SLR novice. Just now getting my feet wet lol

nice stuff ppl

I just know telescopes and astronomy. Camera stuff for me is something I'm just now jumping into

amazing that ole rolex works so well.

or perhaps I should not be surprized

I don't remember what it is, but it looks like this I found it in a scrapyard a few years back @kyzercube

@Diabeł Boruta I had a SLR ( film ) but it got destroyed in the 2016 flood. I live in Louisiana, the area where that massive flood happened back then.

@Diabeł Boruta OMG 🤤 Peer mounted too

That looks like somthing from starwars, super cool

You found that in a scrapyard!!!??

I want to take it to bed with me!!

lol

I believe it an old Contraves EOTS Cinetheodolite Telescope Missile Tracker

I bet its not light in weight

No, It is not.

But mines is a lot more rusty

That's the thing about telescopes. The heavier the mount, the better it is.

Peer mounts, like this one are literally at the top of the amateur astronomer's wish list.

When what is is it

???

Peer mounts = mounts that are literally bolted to a solid foundation so absolutely no shaking happens

Is it the death laser, I thought it was a Contraves EOTS Cinetheodolite Telescope Missile Tracker for so long all i know that it is a telescope

@Diabeł Boruta https://youtu.be/fig8WFALU_k?t=103 LOL " death laser " would be probably the Adaptive Optics technology

I time stamped it for you to get an idea of an epic peer mounted telescope

I Meant death star laser

Ahh, then Real Genius? 🤣 https://youtu.be/rthHSISkM7A

How to use a death laser to pop popcorn 😄

If it still works I'll use it as scope for my rifles and magnifying lenses for my cameras

If there's a way to thread a t-adapter to it, that would be possible

This is how mine is setup

Yeah I'm just going to use ducktape

dude 🤣 That shit's got a lot of weight

You might want to use duct tape w/ a stick to hold the scope up 😉

Or make adapters out of cast iron

It's better than what I did before I had a cellphone adapter to my eyepiece. I literally held the camera in front of the eyepiece. Shake CITY 🤣

If you have the machinery to do that, I salute you!