Why did you want to overexpose?

Actually overexposing means that your photo signal to noise is almost 0.

Yes, it is. All of the photos we take for astronomy has to be exposed correctly.

The light "tiang" opposite my house is the biggest stick in my heart... Guys, my photo is up at my blog!

No, I didn't piggyback it. I don't have the dovetail bar. I am going to get one soon as well as a counterweight system. http://www.astro.premcom.com/ADM/ADM%20Pro...il%20System.htm

I am so stupid that I forgot to take the full eclipse photo... I though the red hue Moon has to be taken via a telescope... OMG..

Hey, you just checked www.spaceweather.com? We are out of luck this time for the solar eclipse...

March05, I think I have the same photo as your last one.

Viking, I suggest you use shorter exposure so that more details will show.

Is there any insurance for telescope? If yes, I would like to get one though and one for my future RCX400~~~~

I forgot where did I put it... By the way, that advertisement is really hyperbolic, just like a RC telescope which uses a hyperbolic mirror.

hahaha, it's true. I would like to check about it from my cousin.

Could it be the Jupiter?

I am quite sure that he is fooling with us. As there was a case before.

March05, I suggest you better report this to www.spaceweather.com. This will be an very exciting event. Jupiter was dancing.

The track of that object is so abnormal.

A tripod. If better, a german equatorial mount to make sure that the star is pinpoint or it will be trail.

The first photo seems to be out of focus.

What's the scope you have now? By the way, 3 comets and 1 asteroid as well as 1 meteor shower are visible this week. (How's the contribution to our club?)

You didn't mention this equipment before. I would like to see how does a GEM operate. Do you mind to bring the setup to Kluang and share the knowledge of stargazing? Hehe~

Haha, drift then~

For me, I would top up my budget a bit to get a better telescope or just stick with binocular which is even better than telescope in this price range. We often call the scope you searched "Department Store Scope". They don't worth the price.

For binocular, 7*50 is a very suitable model for beginner hobbist. You may try to search around locally for it. If you want to get it from U.S., I have 2 sites bookmarked. http://bigbinoculars.com/ and http://www.garrettoptical.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y. Other than a binocular, you need a star chart to locate objects. It can be easily found on internet, e.g. http://www.skymaps.com/ .

For tight budget, I strongly recommend a binocular. It often costs under RM400. March05 has a better idea at buying locally.

If I am not mistaken, you can actually do astrophotography using binocular but I forgot that website. What about you do a google search and show it here?

What about you save your earning for several months or up to years to get a good telescope? It will be your lifetime telescope. If I haven't digged out all the performance of my 8" LX90, I will not be getting another scope. By the way, my target is a 10" or 12" RCX400.

Just make sure that be aware of the environment, not to be fully attracted to the beautifulness of the night sky and back stabbed by people.