Craig Smith sent us these pics and note:
My telescope is low end in the scope-world, a 60mm refractor. But I discovered the eyepiece is the same size as my digital camera telephoto lens. My digital camera is low end in the camera world, too, a 3.2MP. But put them together with a custom PVC sleeve aligning lens-to-eyepiece, and I'm getting awesome moon shots. Here is the moon on 11/5/09. I added a camera support arm also, a quick adjustment of the tripod leg's wing nut, and I'm all aligned to photograph the skies.
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Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Nov 6, 2009 03:00 PM
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make_magazine:http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/telescope_camera_mod.html
(1) Minimize vibration. Try different shutter speeds. You might even add a dark filter so that you can open the main shutter for perhaps 1 second, and in the middle of that, use a piece of cardboard handheld in front of the telescope which you move away for only 1/4 second or so.
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