Hardware can only get so much done on its own. I had the sky guider, a camera, and a lens. But I didn’t know what I was doing.The live view of my camera couldn’t see the stars. At least, not with the 200mm lens I had. But I could see them with the smaller kit… Read more: Focus

In case you didn’t know, the Earth spins relative to the stars. Which means the stars appear to rise and set just like the sun and moon. A motorized mount can be used to counteract the Earth’s rotation. Providing stable, always in frame images of whatever you’re trying to capture.

The beginning of my astrophotography journey began most probably when my grandpa Jim gave me his Nikon camera.