Using a star tracker gains you experience with the fundamentals of deep-sky imaging. Shooting the Moon gains you experience focusing and framing through your telescope.
Through your sessions you’ll encounter challenges like clouds, dew, aircraft, satellites, wind, and dumb user errors! If, despite all that, you want to continue your astrophoto adventure, the next big step is shooting deep-sky objects through a telescope.
By far the most economical and easiest way to capture beautiful images of the Milky Way and large deep-sky objects like the Andromeda Galaxy (shown here) is to use a star tracker.
Here are steps and tips for using the most popular unit we sell, the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro ($650), a kit which comes with the Latitude EQ Base, and the Fine-Tuning Assembly and Counterweight. However, the tripod is extra.
