Hey guys,

I've had an 8" Newtonian for over 4 years now. I can't remember what the model was -- they've since replaced it in their catalogs. Anyways, I've always wanted to do Astrophotography with it, but I know the current EQ mount just isn't up to par. But I thought I could do some Milky Way's and wide fields by piggy backing my Canon EOS 300D DR on it.

What drives do you reccomend to track? I will probably need something where I can adjust the the speed on both axies. To check that the tracking is going okay, I was considering hooking up a modified webcam into the eye piece, and focusing on a single star and watching on my laptop to ensure it isn't drifting (probably will need to overlay something on the image like a cross).

What do you guys have to say?

-Bryan

Check out some of the new computer stuff which actually requires a series of shots off-center first, then lets the computer line it up. I think there's a guy in the Middle East using some of that high-tech stuff here.

I was thinking about that.

Does registax work like that? Say you have a 1000 pictures of a planet, will it align them all for you if there was some shift?

-Bryan