Dan, The group could better help you if you told us the type of camera you are working with. Are you wanting to take photos with a camera mounted on a tripod or are you using a telescope? - Kurt P.S. - Short version: Mount your camera on a tripod and put it on a "B" setting. At ASA 800, exposure constellations for about 30-90 seconds. Basic overviews, star trails, meteors, exposure times, and Photoshop digital processing: Sky & Telescope's Astrophotography Basics How to page http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/astrophotography Jerry Lodriguss' Astrophotography site - ( simply the best astrophotography website) including - http://www.astropix.com/INDEX.HTM Article index http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TOC_AP.HTM Star Trails on a Tripod http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/I06/I0601/I0601.HTM Planets and Constellations on a Tripod http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/I06/I0602/I0602.HTM Meteor Photography on a Tripod http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/I06/I0604/I0604.HTM Lodriguss's "learning curve" article http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/I01/I01.HTM Digital Techniques (using Adobe Photoshop to process pictures) http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/TOC_DIG.HTM Astrophotography Basics, Kodak Customer Service Pamphlet P150, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 2001 - everything you want to know, all in one place. Print the pdf file version off. http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/p150/p150Contents.... Micheal Covington's site, author of "Astrophotography for Amateurs", including - http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/ Freeware exposure time calculator http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/astrosoft.html Jeffrey R. Charles website, author of "Practical Astrophotography" including - http://www.eclipsechaser.com/#astrotec Charles's film exposure table http://www.eclipsechaser.com/eclink/astrotec/aphotsmt.htm#expose Article "Adventures in Astrophotography with a Small Telescope" http://www.eclipsechaser.com/eclink/astrotec/aphotsmt.htm Fred "Mr. Eclipse" Lunar Eclipse Photography website. One of the better web pages for lunar eclipses and suggestions for eclipse photographs that can be taken with a tripod mounted SLR. Includes good exposure tables for eclipses. http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ