One of the most exciting innovations when it comes to telescopes is the opportunity to take photos of the night sky. Many telescopes come equipped with cameras on them, but it is still possible to take photos of what you see through your eyepiece even if you just have a regular telescope.
Whether you have a digital camera or a regular camera, it doesn’t matter when it comes to taking photos through the eyepiece of your telescope. All you have to do is get focused on an object and then place the camera where your eye would go, click, and you’re all set!
Taking photos of the images in the night sky through your telescope can be an uplifting experience – especially if you have a powerful telescope that can magnify all of the nebulae, stars, and planets that are in our galaxy. Even if you are an amateur photographer and an amateur astronomer, you can still get great photos of what you see through your telescope.
One of the first things you may want to try photographing is Constellations or the stars of the Milky Way. Be sure your camera is set to the "B" setting and set the lens to its lowest F stop number. This opens the lens all the way and lets it the in the maximum amount of light. Most 28 to 50mm lenses have an F number of 1.7 to 2.8 for their fastest setting.
When you have the area you want to photograph centered, focus your camera on
a star to where it appears the smallest and sharpest. You can shoot up to 30
second exposures with a 50mm lens before stars will start to show trails due to
the Earth’s rotation. Be sure not to jiggle the camera during the exposure or
your photo will blur and all your stars will be doubles.
Use a fast film like Fuji 800 or 1600 or try Konica 3200 if you can find it. It is
amazingly fast but is somewhat grainy. If you have a digital camera, be sure that it is set to the highest resolution it can handle to take the best pictures. You won’t be able to take as many photos, but you will be able to get the best quality photos through your telescope.
Taking great photos with your telescope doesn’t mean that you have to have a whole lot of fancy equipment. All you need is a little know-how along with the desire to capture what you are seeing. Then you might want to look to a blog or a website that allows amateur photos to be posted so that you can share what you’ve seen with other people.
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