What lens to make a start on Astrophotography

[jake337]

It's not so much as the lens that you use, it depends on what you're photographing. You can take the pics of the moon with any lens but a good telescopic lens will get you in much closer and using a telecoverter will magnify it even more. If you're taking photos of stars a wide lens is good for this. If you have tracking you can get some pretty decent photos with just a basic lens. These 2 photos i took using my 350D and the 75-300mm kit lens but i had tracking so i could do long exposures...

Andromeda galaxy...

Orion nebula...

This guy is posting some great stuff on 1x.com.

Robert P. Krings
1x.com - Robert P Krings

 

[Edsport]

There's a thread here that has lots of astro photos without using a telescope. Just scroll down a bit. Astronomy and Celestial - Canon Digital Photography Forums