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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you see nebulae and galaxies directly though the eyepiece? Any color, or do they just look like a smudge or a blotch? I've had a Meade ETX 60 AT for years and I just bought T and T-mount adapters for my Canon EOS. Should I just point it at Orion, open up the shutter and hope for the best? I guess I'll have to use the motor for slewing the scope for any exposures longer than a few seconds? On another note, have any of you had any luck with using bright starts to let your scope self-calibrate? Or do you calibrate based on objects you just know?
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grover posted:My area (Hampton Roads, VA) is light polluted all to hell, which hurts. What's up Hampton Roads buddy!  I just got the T-adapter for my 'scope via UPS today. It's supposed to snow here, so it will probably be a few days before I get to try it out. The other night I tried putting my Canon Rebel DSLR on a tripod and doing some long exposure shots with a wide angle lens. I have to admit, even though I could barely see anything more than the basic outline of Orion, the photos showed some really nice star fields. Nothing to get too excited about, and I was amazed at how much blurring I saw just from leaving the shutter open for a minute. Can't wait to play around with some moon and planet shots. I'm not ready to take on any shots that require accurate tracking yet.
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