my camera as i try to take pictures of the stars and the moon are too dark how can i brighten them?

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Give us a little more detail, and someone may be able to help. Increase the exposure...may be all you need to do.

Robert

i've increased the exposure and its a kodak camera and i have tried with flash and with out if it gets a picture of the moon its really blurry i have the same problems with my camera phone

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It appears that you have a lot to learn before attempting any serious astrophotography.

First of all, flash will do nothing but create glare in the foreground. The incoming light from distant luminous objects is not affected one way or the other.

An ordinary snapshot camera will not accomplish much. You might be able to get a decent view of the Moon by pointing the camera into the eyepiece of a telescope, but for almost anything else you need to be able to hold the shutter open and make a long exposure. Another way is to use a webcam to make multiple exposures and stack them with suitable software. Since I have no experience in the latter I hereby yield to anyone here who is well informed on it.

I would recommend finding a nearby astronomy club and picking their brains about astrophotography.

well fyi it can be done i have seen it done by my fellow classmates i have the same camera and everything so please do not make fun of my camera i love that thing. i just need to know how long to hold the exposure open for and i know the flash won't work or really effect it contary to belief i do have commonsense

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Do you have a tripod or something sturdy to mount your camera on? If not, that is why you are getting a blurry picture of the moon.

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Also note that for an extended object like the Moon, it is the same as daylight photography on Earth. Whatever exposure you would use for daytime should be close to what you need to "shoot the Moon".

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thank you all i will try that including the tripod iidea

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Are you trying to take pictures of the Moon and stars without using a telescope ? You really will not get anything but a small circle in the middle of a rather dark sky, unless you have a very long telephoto lens attached to that camera. And judging from the fact that you say it is a Kodak camera, I have doubts that you do.

You can take nice pictures of the night sky with an unaided camera by mounting it on something called the "Barndoor" tracking mount. Here is a nice page showing you the details of constructing one. Notice that a 35mm camera is attached with a normal lens, not a telephoto one.

http://www.astronomyboy.com/barndoor/

Consider this idea, and let us know if you have any success with it !