Moon

[Wyjid]

that is cool. i got a pic of an eclips with a nikon CP 995 cause the lens was small enough and the macro tight enough to look into the lens of a little bushnell telescope, but you had to hold it super still and they came out a bit dirty (cause of the cheap telescope and the juryrigged attatchment) and fuzzy. this is stellar. how did you do your setup?

 

[Marco]

Thanks all, I'll remember the size limit in the future.

The camera is attached to the scope in place of an eye piece, making it just a long lens. My telescope has a focal length of 1000mm, which was what that shot was taken at. I've just bought a decent quality 2x barlow which double the mag and hopefully not downgrade the quality too much, so I should be able to get some decent shots at 2000mm.
I'm also hoping to get a good mount for it later in the year so I can start doing some proper astrophotograpy

Picture of telescope, Skywatcher 200 Explorer, camera not attached obviously.

 

[Soto]

WOW... Nice shot of the moon.

 

[MarcusM]

What do you need to attach the camera to the telescope?

 

[Marco]

What do you need to attach the camera to the telescope?

It's just a little adapter, T2 adapter I think. Screws on to where you would usually have an eyepiece on the scope, then just attach the camera as you would a lens(very big lens though)

Other way to do it is to get a bracket which attaches to the focusser on the scope. Then put your camera+lens on the bracket so you can then focus on the eyepiece. Best for P&S camera though where you cant use the telescope as a lens. Image quality will suffer somewhat though as you are going through more glass.

 

[crazy_dragonlady]

Astrophotography is something that I'm interested in too. Once I get my "wish list" completed I will be posting it in my signature. Then I will have all the gear I need to take similar shots to this (maybe not quite as high quality) all for under $500!

BTW, nice capture. Great detail.

ttfn
CDL.

 

[RKW3]

Amazing, show this one to all your friends and family, they'll dig it for sure.

 

[JRob]

Awesome!

 

[MarcusM]

I can't stop coming back to look at this shot! I can honestly say this is one of the best photographs of the moon I've seen. Hopefully you've got a framed 20 x 30 hanging up somewhere.