Astrophotography. What can I do with what I have?

Axe_meister

Before embarking on spending money what can I do with what I have.
I have a fairly decent Camera stand.
A canon 50D APS DSLR
A 50mm F1.8 prime
A 24-104L F/4 
A Laptop
Photoshop

Assuming a clear night in SE London that is.

RaymondLin

Bugger all, you live in London, far too much light pollution, even on a clear night the ambient light will drown out everything.

https://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html#4/53.09/0.35

Ideally you want to go to somewhere that is Dark Green or Blue. Black if you are that lucky.

Grumpyrocker

You could do plenty with most of it. I used to have a 50D and shot the night sky with it quite often.

What you are lacking is a fast wide lens. The 50mm is fast, but too narrow for untracked photography. 

If you can find yourself an inexpensive used lens with an aperture of f/2.8 or wider, and 18mm or lower focal length, then you'll be able to get plenty done. On my Fuji camera I used a 14mm f/2.8, which was pricey, but you can get similar lenses for Canon mount that are much cheaper, especially used. 

Axe_meister

I really just want to practice at the moment and of course due to covid I can't get to Dartmoor. (Which is my eventual plan anyway).
Having watched a really good tutorial 
Looks like I need some stacking software. 
I can use the EOS software as a intervalometer.