I agree with Cheng-Yang Tan - wow, starting imaging with the Meade 10" SCT would be extraordinarily challenging.

Hello Dick Welcome back to the astronomy/Astrophotography hobby! A lot has changed with the hobby in the past 25 years. There is a wide range of equipment available to the amature today ie. mounts,

I would not start AstroPhotography with a 3048mm FL scope. But buy a mount that can support it later, and an 80-100mm triplet refractor for now. Camera? A ZWO cooled one-shot color camera is a good

I found the following book very helpful when I was dipping my toe into Astrophotography: Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography by Allan Hall. It is available on Amazon. It covers the

Are you by any chance using a GTOCP3? -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of PEMPro V3: https://www.ccdware.com Author of

Check out the ebooks by Alan Dyer. Quite informative with great illustrations. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

Dick.... If you're aiming for "pretty picture" astro images like me, give serious consideration to a ZWO or similar cooled CMOS camera. I use an ASI1600MC Pro, but the '294MC Pro also has a lot going

Trevor's YouTube channel is very good as well as: *Chuck's Astrophotography *Ray's Astrophotography *The Astro Imaging channel - goes back more than 5 years! Thanks, Charles Sent from mobile device.

Hi Dick, I'm not sure that an old 10" LX200 OTA is the correct scope to start with for astrophotography. Its focal length is too long for a beginner even with a focal reducer. It also has mirror

Jerry Lodriguss website has useful info online as well as the books that he has written http://www.astropix.com/ Bryan

thanks, charles, for the advice. i'm a "re"-new watcher, so i appreciate all new comments. dick fast atlin

As a rookie I found Trevor Jones of Canada own Astrobackyard to be a great source of grounded reason. His transition from DSLR to CCD to CMOS is well chronicled in his videos. Might be too simplistic

Dick, there is a choice you will have to make up front on cameras. Either one shot color like the ZWO ASI294MC Pro or monochrome with red, green and blue filters like the ASI1600MM. These are the only

Thank you very much for the precision Karen! Sébastien

Dick, get ready for the deluge of advice! LOL! This is THE list for getting help with premium gear. I'm pretty certain that an AP1100GTO would be more than adequate for the 12" LX200 OTA. You can get

i'm an old guy who, after 25 years absence, (now at N 59.5 degrees) wants to watch the sky again. can you help me find a book/course/tutorial that would update me on modern amateur astrophotography? i

Ray, I did an experiment to understand the source of issue. When I run APCC and nothing else, including not having the ASCOM V2 I immediately get the -15.04056 vs the 4.48 in Tracking Correction. I

The APCC tracking rate does not match the RA rate on the bottom (see screenshot below). Something may have set an offset rate close to 1x sidereal in the ASCOM driver, which shows as a negative

I did a 25 point Point Model Solve as I just purchased software (just got the software and doing a small model first). I was able to get Pointing to work effectively but the tracking is not working.

Thanks Roland, I was able to record a curve for the 1100 and Mach1 Saturday night. I should be able to test them with PhD2 the next time we get another clear night. They are rare in Tennessee this