I need help with Astronomy photos ? can't focus camera?

Answer 1

Astrophotography is a delicate art that requires just the right equipment and some training and experience. To advise you at all, we would have to know what kind of equipment you have and what you are trying to accomplish. What celestial objects are you trying to photograph, using what equipment, and what are your seeing conditions like?

The best way for you to get help is to contact other amateur astronomers in your area. See if there is a local astronomy club. If it is not listed in your community guide or telephone directory, ask the teachers who teach physics and astronomy at your local community college, college or university, or high school.

Best of luck.

Answer 2

I have taken photos of the moon with my nikon 300mm and a D70 camera. The pictures are pretty good and sharp considering that I am using just a digital camera.
For moon:
First, zoom to the maximum capability and set shutter speed to 1/250 - 1/350 with an apertureof about 9-11. You have to manually focus the lense(DSLRs) or set it to infinity focus(automatic cameras). You DO NOT need a tripod to take photos of the moon.
For Stars:
Set shutter speed to about 20secs with aperture of 4.5(or whatever biggest you can use)
You do need tripod if you want to take the stars.
If you want to take anything further than these, you cant use a normal lens anymore.
Hope this info helped.

Answer 3

If you're just using a camera and not a telescope, set your camera to its greatest focusing distance which is usually shown as infinity (a sideways 8).

Answer 4

Astrophotography is hard to do. We're going to have to know more about what you're doing. What type of telescope are you using? What camera? How are you hooking the camera up to the scope?

Answer 5

probably your exposure time is not long enough...even if your camera is in focus....large telescopes in observatories use something called PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE's which is basically similar in composition to film, but larger and is exposed longer...but not too long because of the difficulty with motion

Answer 6

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