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<blockquote data-quote="Jacknet" data-source="post: 385790" data-attributes="member: 34142">I just started Astrophotography about 2 months ago. It takes a lot of reading and learning about post-processing. Also takes a lot of money at least if you're lazy. You can build your own tracker which is a must for deep space objects like nebula and galaxies. I have some cheap scopes and the one thing I did invest in is a 80 - 200mm f2.8 ED telephoto lens. They retail for over a thousand bucks but I found one on ebay the other day for $307. This is about as big of a telephoto lens as you want to go so the experts have told me. Right now I'm using a D5200 with a Tamron 60mm macro and get fair results. I'm amazed at how many stars my sensor &quot;sees&quot; that I can't even with my telescope. I got two books off Amazon that are great. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521627400/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" target="_blank">Astrophotography for the Amateur</a> by Michael Covington and DSLR for Astrophotography by him also. Oh yeah also get a cable release. I know it's been awhile since you asked but if you have any more questions I'll be glad to answer if I know. Take Care,Jack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jacknet, post: 385790, member: 34142"] I just started Astrophotography about 2 months ago. It takes a lot of reading and learning about post-processing. Also takes a lot of money at least if you're lazy. You can build your own tracker which is a must for deep space objects like nebula and galaxies. I have some cheap scopes and the one thing I did invest in is a 80 - 200mm f2.8 ED telephoto lens. They retail for over a thousand bucks but I found one on ebay the other day for $307. This is about as big of a telephoto lens as you want to go so the experts have told me. Right now I'm using a D5200 with a Tamron 60mm macro and get fair results. I'm amazed at how many stars my sensor "sees" that I can't even with my telescope. I got two books off Amazon that are great. [URL="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521627400/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]Astrophotography for the Amateur[/URL] by Michael Covington and DSLR for Astrophotography by him also. Oh yeah also get a cable release. I know it's been awhile since you asked but if you have any more questions I'll be glad to answer if I know. Take Care, Jack [/QUOTE]

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