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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Hi got a break in the clouds removed eye piece holder attached eos ring and  screwed that direct  to the 2 inch thread whic put my camera up real close. took a photo at least i got  some thing this time.now i wish to get a closer photo i have a prob none of my  1.25 eye pieces will fit on scope as i removed the 1.25 eye piece holder.so i have no idea how to get a more detailed photo.

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      That is correct i did what harrison telscopes advise it does get the camera up close to scope with one snag those little screwa that hold the camera steady  you lose those and camera swings about a bit,will give it a go when i get a decent night ie no clouds.As you said needs to further in which is what happens when i take the eye piece apart,i had no idea it allready had a built in thread,gets camera in by a further  inch,soory about confusion i am not the best at describing things Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      I contacted Harrison Telescopes who i bout the scope from they replied,the explorer has a T thread on the first tube of the focuser you do not use a T adapter on that model as the thread is allready there,hmm well i never new that,live and learn,quess the T adapter will come in usefull some where in the future,ok got to try this out now.

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Enclosed are some photos first is those antenna again range about 250 yards best i can focus second photos shows the focuser and the amount i wound it out to get that focus,third photo shows camera attached to eye piece,it is fully home  in that.Hope this helps a bit.Yes my engineering skills leave a lot to be desired.For some reason i can not get the same focus on the moon in fact it remains out of focus.Second photo the focuser is nigh on wound fully out any more  and it goes out of focus.Afraid my typing skills are zero

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Wow seems a bit drastic chopping bits of your scope,am pretty sure other people have not done that,me i would ruin the scope   Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Yes exactly like that,good find that was

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Think i am going to have to wait untill tomorrow hope it is dry and refocus on that aerial i can not in all honesty remember where the focuser was,i never thought to take note of the posistion

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Sorry talk about double posting think i just commited thst sin and more,for some reason this site is very slow to me.

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins,trying to reecall think out was the best of the bunch.  Derek.

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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    1. djs44

      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins,trying to reecall think out was the best of the bunch.  Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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    1. djs44

      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins,trying to reecall think out was the best of the bunch.  Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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    1. djs44

      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins,trying to reecall think out was the best of the bunch.  Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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    1. djs44

      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins,trying to reecall think out was the best of the bunch.  Derek

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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    1. djs44

      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins

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    Hi couple of weeks ago we talking about using a DSLR on my explorer 150.Camera is a canon 40D bit old i know,i have the attachments  the Canon eos ring and the T piece. no i experimented in the garden  just on a tv antenna which was a success,photo enclosed.Now i tried on the  Moon this evening,between clouds and was a total failure,no way could i get it into focus,i tried 2 methods one with T piece direct into   telescope eye piece and again with a barlow,both failed.Is it poss i may need a extension tube to  get focus?.Telescope is non motor at the moment.Sorry to be a nuisance.    Regards derek

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      djs44

      Aerial was  close to me  3 houses away.As for moon i tried the focus all the way in and out just got a blur.Bit dissapointing first nigh with no clouds in ages  lasted all of 30 mins

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