Hi I’ve just the EOS 6D, an old camera I know but I’ve read a lot about it being one of the best cameras for Astrophotographers, I’m looking for lens recommendations to take pictures of the Milky Way?

Also I have read a lot that people have their 6D camera modified for astrophotography, can somebody explain this more please? & also is it possibly to still capture very good sky pictures without the modification are all the pictures only with modified cameras?

Sorry for all the questions, thank you if you take the time to read :)

Testing out shooting with the Televue 2.5x powermate to help compensate undersampling with the ASI 432

Captured with: Lunt LS60MT ZWO ASI 432 ZWO AM5 ZWO EAF Televue 2.5x powermate

This is my RAW photo and i considered it as my magnum opus Iso : 26500 Shutter speed : 10 second/30 second Camera sony a6000 f3.5 50 mm lens.

I know that if you have a camera lens with a certain focal length, that distance objects can appear close together. If all the planets were to align (I’ve looked it up and this won’t happen), but if they did, how big would a lens need to be to be able to take a photo where all of the planets are in the shot and large enough to see detail? Money, resources, etc are not a factor. I’m just curious about how large this thing would need to be. Even with a big enough lens, would it even be possible? Does light travel too slowly to be able to take a clear photo before all of the planets drift out of alignment?

M106 galaxy. Luminance and Ha data shot with C9.25 and combined with RGB data from Evostar 80ED

I captured this using my Canon 28-70mm F/2 lens on my R6 II.

My spring project. This image represents 1hr 15mins integration so far, at lower altitude than I should have shot it at, but its coming along. I've got about 8 hours now total NOT in this version of the stack. Working towards a 20-30hr long Integration total when I'm done.

Omegon Pro RC8 with a 0.75x reducer. 533MC Pro cooled. EQ6-Ri mount. SV220 duo narrowband filter. Bortle 4. Processed in Pixinsight. I have not and probably won't change the color pallette away from what I got out of spectrophotometric color calibration in PI, I kinda dig it.

Another constellation showed in beauty✨ (yk, maybe I’ll start a series photographing constellation in styles like this!) - Same settings from the Canis Major post

I wish I could get even the tiniest bit if the ejection jets in but sadly I will need A LOT MORE data.

Object: Centaurus A / NGC5128

144 x 30s Light Frames w/ 30s Darks and Flats integrated to each light frame.

Location: Macquarie University Astronomical Observatory (Bortle 6/7)

Equipment:-

OTA: Celestron 9.25”

Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6R Pro

Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro (Colour)

Filters w/ Drawer: Empty Unit

Guide Scope: 😅 (dunno)

Guide Cam: 😅

Focus: Celestron Focus Motor

Software Used: Sharpcap (Imaging), PHD2 (Guiding), Stellarium (Skymap), Celestron Focuser Utility (Focus), SynScan (GoTo), Adobe Lightroom (Data Manipulation)

I’m an occasional astrophotographer, totally self learned. I started from scratch like 4 years ago and learned step by step, hitting all the walls but progressing slowly but surely. This image oh M51 is my first attempt at doing something with Pixinsight. This is hard! .. but rewarding. I thought I wanted to share it on this sub.

I shoot from my backyard in the south of France in a bortle 4 sky.

Here is my setup :

• OTA: Celestron C9.25 EdgeHD
• Mount: Celestron AVX
• Main camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
• Guiding camera: ZWO ASI290MM mini
• Celestron off axis guider
• MELE mini PC to drive my imaging session, remotely controlled with RDC.

Image acquisition software: NINA, CPWI, PHD2 Image processing software: Pixinsight with *XTerminator plugins

For this image I took: 85 lights of 120s each at -10degC and at gain 120, 30 darks, 30 bias, 25 flats

Can off-axis guiders be used with a camera lens instead of a telescope ? Are there adapters for it ? I am specifically interested in using them with Sony E-mount lenses. I haven't seen an adapter which will attach a Sony E-mount lens to an off-axis guider. The reason I prefer an off-axis guider is long focal length, 600mm (and above).

New to Astro photography, but have been steady picking up editing skills. This community helped me pick up skills fast! Same data used in both.

About 4 hours in Narrowband with an Apertura 75Q, EQ6-Ri, 533MC Pro cooled and a SV220 filter. Bortle 4. Pixinsight for all processing.

Object: Antennae Galaxies

67 x 60s Light Frames w/ 60s Darks and Flats integrated to each light frame.

Location: Macquarie University Astronomical Observatory (Bortle 6/7)

Equipment:-

OTA: Celestron 9.25”

Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6R Pro

Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro (Colour)

Filters w/ Drawer: Empty Unit

Guide Scope: 😅 (dunno)

Guide Cam: 😅

Focus: Celestron Focus Motor

Software Used: Sharpcap (Imaging), PHD2 (Guiding), Stellarium (Skymap), Celestron Focuser Utility (Focus), SynScan (GoTo), Adobe Lightroom (Data Manipulation)