Newbie Astrophotography with Meade ETX 90 and D70?

[Connor]

Hi all.

I wonder if I could have some advice. Firstly let me say I'm totally new to the astronomy bit, but am very interested in the astrophotography side (being an amature photographer).

While I appreciate that a larger aperture is better am I right in thinking that I'd need a motordriven mount for the photo side.

My initial thoughts are towards a Meade ETX 90PE as it would give me auto setup, tracking and my Nikon D70 can bolt on the back, but how good would this be.

I have a copy of Starry night pro which lets me set up a FOV for a Meade 90 with a 10mm poss, and the app indicates that the eagle nebular M52 would fill the eye piece and that I could zoom in on the andromeda galaxy. Would this be a true representation of what I could expect as I would be disappointed if the only pictures I could take were white dots on a black background so to speak!).

Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers

[skywalker]

Hi there

90mm isn't much aperture if you are trying to take photos of DSOs. Its fine for plants and the moon however you might be able to get some of the brighter open clusters and double stars