Last Updated on December 10, 2021 by Practical Astrophotography Staff

Backyard EOS has proven to be a powerful image acquisition tool for those images who want to use their Canon Digital SLR this program will do the job and do it quite well.
he Following guide is by no means an exhaustive tutorial on the use of Backyard EOS but will be sufficient to get you started imaging with your Canon DSLR. This guide does not go into the settings needed on your camera in order to connect your camera to BackYard EOS. For further details on camera settings please consult the help guide. Backyard EOS is a good starting point for anyone wishing to use their DSLR for long exposure astrophotography or who want The Beginners Guide to Using BackyardEOS Version3.1.xto be able to image using their laptop or desktop remotely without the added learning curve of an Intervalometer. many beginning Astrophotographers use BackYard EOS to learn the basics of long exposure imaging. You can use it for DeepSky imaging as well as Planetary, so it is a good all-around software. So without further unnecessary chit-chat, let’s get right into the basics of using BackYard EOS.