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The Canon EOS Rebel T7 is an entry-level DSLR camera with a 24.1 MP (APS-C) CMOS sensor. I consider the Canon T7 (2000D) one of the best cameras for astrophotography thanks to its practicality and performance in an affordable package.
A dedicated astronomy camera can capture images with more dynamic range and less noise, but lose much of the freedom and flexibility a DSLR camera body offers.
The Canon EOS Rebel T7 can be purchased as a kit, including a lens to get you started. Canon DSLR and mirrorless cameras have the benefit of being well-supported in the astrophotography software realm.
How To Get Started In Backyard Astronomy
This camera was featured in my video about setting up a new camera system for astrophotography. Even in its stock (non-astro-modified) state, this camera is an impressive performer when used properly.
Noah uses an Optolong L-eNhance multi-bandpass narrowband filter to capture emission nebula like the North America Nebula from his backyard. This filter helps to isolate the important wavelengths of light in the H-Alpha and OIII bandpasses that many of the most amazing nebulae in the night sky emit.
The L-eNhance helps to ignore what little light pollution Noah has from his Bortle 4 location. For broadband targets such as galaxies and reflection nebulae, the L-eNhance filter should remain in its case.
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The Sky-Watcher 130P DS is an affordable astrophotography telescope, pulling in deep-sky objects at a focal length of 650mm at F/5. This Newtonian reflector uses a 130mm parabolic primary mirror to project crisp images of the night sky into the eyepiece, or camera sensor.
For this telescope, the Sky-Watcher Coma Corrector is recommended for the best results. With a large optical tube like this, balancing the telescope with all cameras and accessories attached is a must.
The iOptron CEM26 is a pretty incredible little mount. I did a double-take when reading this mount’s weight-to-payload capacity ratio. Despite weighing only 10 pounds (without the counterweight attached), the CEM26 can handle a 26-pound load when you add the included counterweight for balance.
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The CEM design means that this mount is center-balanced, placing the weight of the payload at the center of gravity. Unlike Sky-Watcher mounts (and many others), the built-in polar scope is not blocked by the declination shaft and always accessible.
The CEM26 uses iOptrons proprietary GoTo Nova technology with a database of over 200, 000 objects. The built-in WiFi and ST-4 autoguiding ports allow you to connect wirelessly to the mount, and harness the benefits of autoguiding your telescope.
An auxiliary guide scope mounted to your primary imaging instrument allows you to tap into the powerful act of autoguiding your deep-sky images. Noah uses a 50mm Omegon guide scope, which you’ll find under several different names in the astronomy market.
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I personally use a similar model with the same specs on my Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 setup. Be sure to account for the necessary mounting hardware before purchasing a new guide scope for your system.
On top of providing better tracking performance of the telescope mount, the guide pulses can also shift your image frames slightly between each shot, known as dithering. This can significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio of your final image after integration. Omegon 50mm guide scope
A good guide scope is only as useful as the camera sitting inside of it. The ZWO ASI120MM Mini makes yet another appearance here on the backyard of the week, and I am starting to wonder just how many of these little red cylinders are in the wild.
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If you are looking to start autoguiding your astrophotography rig, do yourself a favor, and pick up this affordable little monochrome CMOS camera and never look back. The specs of this cameras sensor and frame rate make it a capable solar system camera as well.
If you’re looking for something a little more sensitive or would like to dive deeper into planetary astrophotography, the ZWO ASI290MM Mini is another exceptional choice.
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A Backyard Observatory
This is a great way for beginners to see a deep-sky imaging setup that is being used to successfully photograph the night sky.After considering all currently available telescopes, we’ve identified three new models we want to test against our current picks: Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ, StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ and StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ
Few things are as awe-inspiring as being out under a clear night sky, looking up, and gazing at a seemingly infinite array of stars overhead. So we gathered 10 telescopes, and after five months of star parties we think the Celestron NexStar 5SE is the best telescope for a curious amateur. It gathers enough light for you to view the best features of our solar system, and it gives you enough power to begin to explore deep-sky objects. In addition, this model has an electronic GPS database preloaded with almost 40, 000 celestial objects, and after you calibrate the scope, it can scan the skies for you.
This electronic telescope lets you program it to find objects in the night sky automatically, saving you the effort of reading star charts and manuals.
A Compact Backyard Observatory
Our overall pick for the best amateur telescope, the Celestron NexStar 5SE is a Schmidt-Cassegrain scope, a design that uses both lenses and mirrors in a relatively compact package. It has a primary 5-inch mirror, which is big enough for a light-gathering capacity that yields crisp images of some of the best objects in our solar system, from Saturn’s rings to Jupiter’s cloud bands, and provides sufficient power to introduce you to objects in the deep sky.
This telescope operates on a fully computerized system and gives you a handheld controller to guide it. Instead of fumbling through the learning curve of reading star charts and aligning the telescope manually, you can align and focus your telescope on a myriad of celestial objects with the press of a button. Unlike with some of the NexStar 5SE’s competitors, this controller worked flawlessly in our tests, offering micro adjustments and responsive tracking with the attached controller system. The NexStar 5SE weighs 15 pounds, which is very portable relative to other options out there, so you should have no problem packing it up into a trunk and setting it up on location.
The Astronomers Without Borders OneSky Reflector Telescope offers the most scope for the money if you don’t want an electronic GPS function (meaning it won’t automatically find the specific celestial bodies you seek). One reason you may not want a manual telescope: You have to collimate (align) the telescope’s mirrors, which can be tedious or frustrating if you weren’t aware it had to be done. With that in mind, some of our experts told us they preferred (and even advised) learning the ins and outs of astronomy on a manual telescope, so if you’re willing to put in the effort, you’ll become a smarter stargazer.
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Like our top pick, this Newtonian-style reflector telescope has a 5-inch mirror, but it’s designed to sit on a tabletop rather than on a tripod, so it works best if you have a picnic table or other support to set it
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