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First telescope!


NewStar1

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Hi Everyone

I've just bought my first telescopy [skywatcher skymax 127 supatrak], and have had my first view of the moon - amazing! I would like to take a picture but don't know if it's possible to attach a camera [i have a Lumix G1]. Would any of you more experienced gazers be able to give me some advice on this, or point me to some information that may answer my questions - browser search hasn't really returned anything useful. Thanks...

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I have a skywatcher myself. My way of taking pictures is very simple though since Dobsonians aren't the best equipment for astro-photography: This is what I do:

I place my simple point-and-shoot camera to the eyepiece move around a bit to make sure the image I want to photograph appears on the view screen and shoot. Sometimes I get lucky. I hope this helps but I'm sure you were looking for something more productive.

The last few times by doing this and then using the program regiStax found online for free,.. I was able to capture this image:

moon5.jpg

Isabelle

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Thanks for all the advice - really is useful to know you're out there!

I bought a mount adapter etc, and managed to fix my camera directly onto the scope....just trying to find a place where the light pollution is less of a problem!

Once again, thank you.....:)

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