>>4317828I thin I can help with this. I'm drunk so take everything I say with a grain of salt. The best thing you're going to need is a telescope that is a light bucket and a purpose built camera. If you live in a city oyu are fucked. You will need to drive out to hte country to avoid light pollution. I would recommend a dobsonian scope at least 8 inches in diameter but if you have a big car and lots of strength maybe a 10 or 12 inch. the wider the mirror the better. You need to gather as much light as possible not zoom in. Zooming in telescopes are for gay virgin planet shooters and everyone knows that planets are the gayest thing to photograph. Can you imagine? You can already see them with your eyes what do you need to photograph them for?
Anyway, get a big dob, and then get a purpose built astrophotography camera. I recommend chinese shit because they are fine and the same as expensive pro gear. I like the company SVBony. If you want to be autistic about it you will need a mono-color camera and a color wheel to shoot in color. If you are lazy you can get a color CMOS and enjoy your lower resolution. I just got a color CMOS and dealt with it. Then you take your exposure- preferably a lot of them, and then use a program like Autostakkert to stack the photos into a high-detail composite.
Enjoy taking your photos. PROTIP: If you are truly interested in predicting events by the stars I recommend you read "Helenistic Astrology" by Brenan to start yourself out on the divination of Astrology, and then learn how to read star charts you look up with an astrology augur. If you are looking for an augur program I recommend ASTROLOG32 from the Altervista website but this has nothing to do with photography and more to do with /lit/ garbage.
With this knowlege you'll be shooting the stars in no-time, and by that I mean you'll be letting your camera collect dust because actually viewing through a 23mm Plössl glass is more fun than spending thousands on a photo setup.
