The door to heaven
2008-10-28 
I accidently happened to find a good guide that basically tells how the best way is to do astrophotography with a digital SLR. As I happen to have one of the cameras that the guide goes thru I was curious to test this.
What I did was to take a simple 30 second exposure from my balcony (I live in the center of a town with 150.000 inhibitants). After the exposure I took a dark frame and subtracted it from the original exposure. I did not have any high expectations on the picture but I think it turned out very well considering that there were VERY few of these stars that were actually visible by the naked eye! 
Date: 2008-10-28 / 20:47:02 UTC
Location: Linköping, Sweden
Temperature: 3 °C
Telescope: Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens
Camera: Canon 350D
Mount: Manfrotto 055 tripod
Exposure time: 1 X 30 sec
Other info: Lens set at 18mm