Telescope for camera

[.Mark]

Had some great sunsets and moonscapes over the past few nights and would love to experiment a little.
Is there such a thing as a telescope that you can attach a camera to?
Also what sort of magnification would I need for good close up moons shots?

[viper_larry]

See this thread for a bit of info on what I use:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=95373&f=109&h=0&hw=moon

And this one with some more pics of Moon and Planets

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=97154&f=109&h=0&hw=telescope

[.Mark]

Cheers - will take a look.

[.Mark]

I didn't yet get round to moving this forward, but on Boxing Day I saw an amazing sight. I have never seen the moon in this position before, it was due north, how that happened I don't really know. But got the camera out and gave it a go.
They aren't going to cause you pro's any concerns but I'm quite pleased with them. Camera is a Fuji 3.2mp jobbie, some were taken in landscape mode and others in nighttime mode. I didn't have a tripod so got myself nice and secure wedged between the car door and the roof. What do you think? All I have done is resize them, not editing at all.

[Alicatt]

You can get T mount adaptors for astronomical telescopes and then you get a "your camera mount" to "T mount" adaptor
The chrome tube is the part that goes in where the telescopes eyepiece goes, the black ring is the adaptor to go between the tube and the camera


Assembled


Mounted on the camera


>> Edited by Alicatt on Monday 10th January 21:52

[Captain Beaky]

.Mark said:

I have never seen the moon in this position before, it was due north, how that happened I don't really know.

The moon rose at 41 degrees that day, pretty much north-east and as northerly as it gets. It also rose just before sunset, which gave the nice lighting you captured.

I've bored on this topic before...

[.Mark]

That'll explain it then

We do get some lovely sunsets down here, although not often a pink as that one.
For a quick rush, snappety snap I was quite pleased with the results.