Date: October 9th 2023:

I’ve went from an 80mm f/5 refractor to this 10-inch Newtonian in just a matter of days. So, I’m proud of the progress I’ve make, from never using a camera with a telescope, to “at least” an image of the moon. And all within a week!

I changed some settings on my camera, something I’d never done before. It had been set on ISO 100, for my everyday snapshots, and changed to ISO 400 this morning for this moon shot. I was amazed how much brighter the moon was when focusing through the camera using this 10-inch versus the 80mm refractor.

For sure a lot easier to focus with the brighter view due to the size of the telescope.

The field using this telescope is really narrow and small as this photo shows. Now I’ve got to figure out how to set the “exposure time” for some small and bright deep-sky objects.

I’m actually amazed that I could do this...and hopefully more and better to come. Debbie

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