Dan, Constellation and lunar photography is a good place to start. The main limitation for tripod work is drift. You've got maybe 45 secs before the stars begin to turn egg shaped. While it is clear, trying to take a view photos of the Moon with a tripod mounted camera is a good idea. Something to do ASAP, in view of the possible full eclipse of the Moon on the 20th. This will be your last opportunity to image a full eclipse of the Moon in Utah for some years. (Cross-fingers on the weather.) I haven't imaged any constellations for a while and am happy to meet with you this weekend at Lt. Mtn. pass to take a few quick pics of constellations or the Moon. You'll need some kind of zoom lens for the Moon. My phone number is in the SLAS directory under Kurt Fisher. If you don't have any image processing software, here's some useable freeware from NASA that will get you going until you decide to buy a commercial package. http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/fv - Kurt ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ