A recent comment on one of my images suggested that what I do isn't really photography because I use a telescope. A telescope of course is nothing more than a lens that's configured for viewing through with an eyepiece... to prove this point I decided that this month I would photograph the winter gem Orion's sword using nothing more than my 70-200mm f/4 canon L lens along with a tracking device (losmandy g11 mount). Anyone who has a tracking device, a mount or a homemade "barndoor tracker" can take astrophotos, I know it's hard to believe, but astrophotography is just the art of long exposure photography of a moving object, no more, no less. Of course, perfecting it is a labor of love, but getting started is not all that difficult.
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I was very intrigued by the title and was dying to know how you did this. It's an artform unto itself. I voted 8. I think this deserved a better finish.
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