@kyzercube I use this

I use my cell phone...

> @Diabeł Boruta That's great and all for normal photography, but astro-photography is different. You don't take pics for aesthetics. In astrophotography you take pics for data.
@kyzercube

I used to, but cellphones are severely limited because of the size of the CMOS chip

99% of my videos are made with a ZTE cellphone 😛

I just now bought a DLSR and am only now learning how to use it

Well mine was made in the U.S

I bought mine 3 years ago. I get a pass lol

Lol

In 1910

🤣

For the most part I use this rollex

This was from the same telescope with my ZTE cellphone. It's the Christmas comet from late 2018. https://puu.sh/FIb60/6d7dce04fd.png

I have a crappy EQ mount. Never polar aligns good, hence the blotchy stars. This was a long 60 second exposure. A DSLR can do the same in just 1 second of exposure because of the much larger CMOS chip size.

In the telescope world, bigger is always better 😛

Here's a photo from the rollex

I can almost see a Corona virus!!

Here's a better one 😂

Now that's cool 👍

Now this one is from my phone

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.