If there's a break in clouds, the moon is bright enough to take pictures quickly using a standard tripod.
The best way todo this with a DSLR is to actually use the camera's inbuilt timer (to allow the camera to settle) then take a set of 10 images without moving the camera with a few seconds between them to let the camera sensor cool down.
Why 10? It works with just one!
Well if you stack the images using one of the many astro tools out there (registax which is free for example) then you'll get a far better signal to noise ratio so a far less grainy image. Most astro stacking programs will be able to cope with the slight movement and correct it.
Infact if you feel brave take a set of 20 images and do the same and the resulting noise level will be very very low.
Fingers crossed for no cloud
PS I note that the current theme is circles .. like the moon
The best way todo this with a DSLR is to actually use the camera's inbuilt timer (to allow the camera to settle) then take a set of 10 images without moving the camera with a few seconds between them to let the camera sensor cool down.
Why 10? It works with just one!
Well if you stack the images using one of the many astro tools out there (registax which is free for example) then you'll get a far better signal to noise ratio so a far less grainy image. Most astro stacking programs will be able to cope with the slight movement and correct it.
Infact if you feel brave take a set of 20 images and do the same and the resulting noise level will be very very low.
Fingers crossed for no cloud
PS I note that the current theme is circles .. like the moon