Hello folks,
Longtime Pentax user getting back into astrophotography in the digital age. I used my older film bodies for astro work previously but I am now getting back into widefield work with my K7, K20d and K10d bodies. My telescopes are a Meade 10" ACF LX90 and a Meade ETX-125. Look forward to seeing some photos and picking up some tips.

J.

Hi group!

i bought a Pentax K-x yesterday! Am so thrilled with this camera as its my first DSLR as well

i read reviews that Pentax can take 30sec shots on 12600 ISO - that will fit my needs for AP with my 10'' GoTo Dob.

Regards

Hello! Guess I'm the new boy and will have to make the tea

While the kettle is on, can you tell me if K-x is tops for astro, or if K5 is going to be my best bet? I currently have K200D, but evidently that isn't going to cut the mustard for long-exposure deep-sky work.

My other limiter is an Alt-Az mount (but I see from other posts that a lot is possible, even with this ) and my 127Mak has quite a narrow field of view.

Hi all,
I'm using a K5 that I bought earlier this year. Before that I had (and still have) a K10D.
Very new to astronomy in general, and to astrophotography in particular, I am still in the process of assessing my needs in terms of hardware.
I have started taking pictures though, wide field mainly and some attempts at M31 and M45. My main issues come from post-processing for the moment.
That's it for now!