dark knight

Sorry to play devils advocate here, but personally i would always start with the mount, this gives a level of future proofing your set up in the long run, the best telescope on an inadequate mount gives rubbish results. Guess what im saying is the mount provides the foundation for success, spending money here will allow your hobby to grow if you choose to upgrade your telescopes, cameras etc without having to buy another mount in the near future.

How about a quiz based tour of the heavens, clues could be given for us to identify targets to view

Any filters sit inside the dslr adapter so wont interfere with the overall spacing.

Hi monty, a very warm welcome to the lounge, hope you've had first light with your new telescope and you enjoy this great hobby. Also just remember theres no such thing as a silly question, ask away, the support here is immense.

Dave, thank you so much for that info, that really makes things simpler for me to work out the width of the dslr ext tube, again many thanks

Quick update, I have found a local company who have the right equipment to make me an m62 to m48 spacer/dslr ext tube, all I now need are the correct measurements if anyone can help.

Hi everyone, bit of a long shot here, i have the above telescope and intend to use it with my modded canon dslr for astrophotography, it came with the dedicated flattener however the dslr m62(flattener side) to m48 (canon t adapter side) dslr ext tube is missing. Is there anywhere i can get one? Does anyone have that part who could measure it up should i require to have one custom made, any help/advice gratefully received, sorry for all the rain and clouds!!

A warm welcome

A very sad day to be sure, but lets take solace and inspiration from the legacy he has left behind, lets continue to inspire others to take up astronomy just as he did for so many, Sir Patrick gone but never to be forgotten.

same as on the skywatcher focuser on my 200p. They must surely be aware of this issue you would think.

I really like the idea of this mod, I may try it on my synscan eq5 mount, will follow how others cope with it. nice one George.

AlexF - You have definitely joined the right forum. SGL is truly International when it comes down to membership, there are members from all over the world, some of the moderators are from outside of the UK so please don't feel you are in the wrong place..In the grander scheme of things we are all only a stone's throw away from each other, all sharing a common interest, enjoy the forum and remember the only silly question is the one you never asked. All the best and clear skies

Carl

PS. Welcome to SGL

Wow - absolutely blumming brilliant,,I like this sooooooo much, awesome,,now I want one too lol

Doh, sorry image posted twice. Forgot to mention it was taken last night hence the light area to bottom right side, also shows some sodium light pollution.

Here's my 1st attempt. M42, non modded Nikon D80, 300mm telephoto, ISO1600, 27 sec exposure. 3 frames stacked in DSS. wish I could tease more out of this but truth be told I don't know what I'm doing :withstupid: .