Digital Astrophotography
Even a modest digital camera is capable of capturing images of the moon, stars and planets.
I used my Canon A95 camera to capture the images on this page.
Your camera must have a manual setting mode that allows you to increase the exposure time for an image to at least 15 seconds.
This is the manual "M" mode for a Canon A series camera.
The screen indicates the camera is set to 15
seconds - 15"
Choose the smallest F number for your camera - here it is F4.0
This opens your lens to the maximum aperture.
If you can change the ISO, set it to the largest number possible.
Mount your camera on a tripod.
Point it at an area of the sky you are interested in.
Press the shutter.
Here are some images:
New moon with Venus, summer 2005.
Meteor captured by my friend Bill with a Canon A80 camera.
Cassiopeia.
Orion