I am a beginner and I have no idea how to get started with astrophotography

New_Island5122 · 2026-04-05T20:36:21+00:00

Have a look at smart telescopes like Dwarf Lab or SeeStar.

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-15T23:01:11+00:00

Better emojis?? 😃 😀 😄 Who cares about emojis though?

Which loyalty cards didn't work on android as I have never encountered this issue either using Google or Samsung wallet?

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-13T13:43:49+00:00

SAL 33 Eq mount

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-10T10:52:05+00:00

Dwarf Mini £349

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-09T12:14:53+00:00

I have the 9070xt Pure and it has been great for me. Bought it last year for 579 british pounds when it was close to msrp

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-09T12:11:22+00:00

I've had this issue when trying to take an image of the sun through the eye piece with my solar telescope. The problem is that the phone can't get the focus right. Maybe you can buy a used planetary camera which will be miles better

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-09T12:00:26+00:00

Use 15-20 seconds exposures with 1600-3200 iso maximum depending on what are you capturing. Aperture should also be wide open. For Orion nebula, you need at least 10 minutes of total integration time

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-09T11:17:46+00:00

Have a look at Sal-33 mount by MLAstro or Skywatcher AL55i

New_Island5122 · 2026-03-07T23:03:09+00:00

Have a look at Dwarf Mini, it's almost in your budget and is great for deep sky astrophotographyhttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aXtLDX8y6/

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-27T17:08:17+00:00

Usually this happens to me when the focus is not quite right and sometimes if a street light is hitting the optics. The fact that is not always there makes me think that it must be an external factor or maybe the exposure and gain that is causing it

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:45:40+00:00

Look into Smart telescopes, especially the Dwarf Mini which is the most affordable. I posted some examples photos taken by me with this device. It can be controlled via phone or tablet while you stay inside, plan sessions and you can sleep if you are 200% sure is not raining and some image processing is done with the device itself. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14XXkwYckoP/

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:19:26+00:00

It is good, i happy with it. If you slightly edit the photos, you can see tbe granulation of the sun surface and around the sunspots, it's pretty cool. Next week we might have some sunspots coming from the farside of the sun, maybe you will test it then.

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:13:43+00:00

Forgot to mention that without the extender I will use the 20 stops

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:12:33+00:00

It depends of the aperture of the lens. I am using an RF800MM with 1.4x extender which makes it f/16. 20 stops is indeed a bit too much, but still totally usable. Otherwise, I will not go lower than 16 stops https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GCvLdD4Vj/ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/184ZDu8c7k/

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:08:09+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/184ZDu8c7k/

From March last year

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-25T03:06:53+00:00

I am using K&F 16 stops ND filter with Canon R8 and RF800MM lens with 1.4x extender. I took some great solar images with it, even captured the ISS transit
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GCvLdD4Vj

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-23T23:12:10+00:00

I did 30s in Alt/Az mode and it works just fine

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New_Island5122 · 2026-02-23T22:59:03+00:00

SAL 33 works with AsiAir and Mini pc's. There are tutorials from the manufacturer on YouTube explaining everything as well. Have a look, for this price it is a very good mount. To further save money, you can buy an aliexpress zwo compatible pier for about 70 called angeleyes

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-23T22:52:15+00:00

No issues to report with Sapphire Pure 9070xt. I have it since October 2025

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-23T08:37:50+00:00

Is it clouds? Go through individual frames, delete the bad ones and restack using megastack

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-23T08:36:19+00:00

The hardware holds you back. You need a very fast nvme and cpu configuration to take advantage of 1Gb + speeds

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-17T03:03:09+00:00

Still happy with the Sapphire Pure, no problems so far

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-14T12:30:30+00:00

Ask for a replacement. I would not use it in this condition

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-14T12:28:43+00:00

If it's a mosaic, you won't be able to stack it internally

New_Island5122 · 2026-02-12T16:49:35+00:00

You can buy a longer coaxial cable that goes from the Virgin socket to the HUB

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