I started out with a Sky Watcher 130P telescope for observing the night sky over the years, and developed a passion for astrophotography in late 2021. Ever since I’ve been hooked. Living in bortle 6 light pollution area, I do my astrophotography with a Sky Watcher AZGTI mount in EQ mode with a Canon 1100D camera (astro modded) and using a Samyang 135mm lense. I use light pollution filters in the camera which are currently a Skytech CLS filter and a Altair Quadband Filter.

All of that is then connected to a ASIair Mini for control of the mount and camera from the comfort of my house using a computer for electronically assisted astrophotography.

Most of my deep sky images are between 2-3 hours exposures. I use mostly 30-60 second eposures and plan on adding a guide scope and camera to allow longer exposures in the future.

My goal is to share with you my photos, some of the techniques/tools I use and hopefully get you to look up at the sky a little more often.

You can view my astrophotos here https://dazbackyardastro.com