Anonymous #1 14h

That’d be awesome!

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Anonymous mothmeg11 14h

Yeah, I shoot all sorts of deep space AP which politely gets expensive fast. But if you’re interested in widefield those setup’s can be way cheaper and you can do a lot still even with a kit lens.

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Anonymous #1 13h

Honestly, whatever is best for beginners, I’m willing to pay. This is a hobby I’ve been consistent at for over a year now so that tells me I’m really into it

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Anonymous mothmeg11 12h

Widefield is way more forgiving and there’s basically a bunch of different targets you can shoot year round. Best recommendation without breaking the bank is a DSLR (or mirrorless camera) and some kinda Star tracker and then the faster a lens you can buy the better. I have a Rokinon 135mm f2 (but your kit lens will do fine to start out if that’s what you have) always recommend slowly buying new gear and working it into your process than buying a bunch of stuff, cuz it sucks learning in the dark.

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Anonymous #1 12h

That said, if you have more of an interest in DSO, the all in one’s are getting interesting. Dwarf mini is like $400 and it’s stupidly easy to setup and use. That said, you’re kinda locked into the setup, and there’s not much resale value in it when they come out with a better model in a few years, but it’ll produce some incredible photos. I have the Seestar s50 (a similar model and have had a blast with it - I’ll drop a photo as a reply below)

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Anonymous #1 10h

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

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Anonymous #1 10h

Thank you so much for taking the time to recommend and explain everything, I’ll look into ALL of this! I can’t wait to get better and take better quality pics. 😁

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Anonymous mothmeg11 10h

Of course, your more than welcome to DM me and talk shop at any point too, just be careful, this shit is dangerous and will land you with a second mortgage on your house when you start wanting to chase better photos. I’ll include one more photo below from my “expensive” setup. 🤣

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Anonymous mothmeg11 10h

This is ARP 273 it’s friggen teeny or about 1/2 mm on the ruler with your arm fully stretched out. The fact I even got the photo is its own miracle.

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Anonymous #2 9h

What does this mean😔🙏

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Anonymous #1 4h

THIS IS AWESOME

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Anonymous mothmeg11 3h

I fell in love with capturing “peculiar galaxies” as they’re called and there’s a whole catalog of them! Only wish I got out more, but my big setup is heavy!

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