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Steve, there about £14 depending on which camera you have, they are called "t mount camera adapters" link to some are here. Adaptors cheers Rob

you can get an adapter to fit onto your camera that then fits into the eyepiece focuser, the telescope then acts as the lens

i`m no way a master on the matter but for that sort of money you should be able to get yourself a 6" Newtonian, maybe 8" if you are lucky on a basic mount or a new 8" Dobsonian or a second hand 10" version, no motors with these but they can be put onto better mounts when funds permit, post a wanted add in the for sale section, maybe someone can help or post in equipment help section for advice. cheers Rob

you might be better off putting your questions in the beginners help and advice section of the forum, then you should get alot more answers to your questions

do you have the goto mount or the 130p auto trak mount ?

forgot to add that you will not see alot of colour as the eye can`t cope with all the different colours at once so it shows up as white, a mixture of all the colours, some stars look a different colour as do some nebulas and you can see colour in planets also

stars will always remain small pin pricks of light as they are so far away, download stellarium onto your pc that will show you what planets, galaxies and nebulas are visable in the sky at your location and time, aligning the mount is easy, just point the scope directly at polaris, lower the altitude so it reads 0 on the mount scale, unplug the power, plug it back in and away you go, assuming that you have put in the latitude of your site as per the instructions to start off with of course otherwise it won`t work correctly, the mount needs to know roughly where it is in the world to track well. good luck and keep trying. P.S. M42 the Orion nebula is brill with this scope, Saturn and Jupiter amazing