Dayer

That’s brilliant thanks for your help , I’ve just ordered a decent ccd bresser camera it was 280 and should be much better as for the stand il look into it but my mount is a go to mount and works great and last night it was really calm and was great

Would that one you have on your Celestron be the same for the 8se , so you have a auto focuser then the flip mirror joined on then in the flip mirror your ccd camera goes in , sorry to sound like a newbie but I’ve only just started out photography had two other telescopes but now got the 8se a year ago so now have a chance

Nice set up , I have a cc’d svbony 205 but it’s not great I have literally just been on to Astro shop and bought a bresser full hd ccd so should be better, and a omegon blocking fillter they recommended with it , as for the flip mirror that sounds good I might try this first before I spend too much ,

Firstly wow great pictures , I do have registax installed So il give that another go it’s very complicated to use but I’m sure il learn , the camera sits in the main eye piece but I tried it with the angle eye piece and then without so it went straight into the telescope without the main section, I have it on gps and it stays within the middle of eye piece for a great deal of time , thanks for letting me know to video for a while and use all video and try stack the best pictures this will help , I’m using a x2 Barlow and was told to use a ir cut filter and tried all methods with and without and even spending 30 minutes trying to re focus after installing the camera but nothing I did get a picture of the Pleiades but just what you would expect to get from a good zoom on an iPhone lol thanks for your help , would it be good to get a automatic microfocuser

This is what I got from Saturn is this actually what I got from my iPhone through the eye piece but my new camera that goes in the eye piece shows nothing and I’ve tried adjusting the focus and taking it back out and making sure the planet is bang in the middle before I put it back in , I tried it last night obviously on no planets as there all below apart from Venus but tried Venus and just wasn’t to clear as apparently it’s best to wait until 4th onwards

Hi thanks Anne I’m not sure if my camera is a cc’d or not I’m just getting into the astrophotography I’m getting very confused but il look at the specs on my camera, it fits in the eye piece, But il see if I can find the specs

Hi thank you ,yes that’s pretty much what I see , I’m using sharp cap to take the photos and it does have a live stack on there but not sure if I should use a decent software but I’m the most computerised of people,

Hi thanks for the reply, I caught Jupiter a long time ago , as for the eye piece I’ve been using a 25mm when I want to see it before I change it for the camera which is a Sv bony v205 I can’t remember how much I paid but was in the 80 mark I think , probably should of got a much pricey one but the reviews were quite good ,

Hi I need advice I’ve set up my 8se several times I’ve done the 3 star set up it’s been perfect and follows everything I want perfectly but even with a x2 Barlow I can barely see the planets i can see detail of Jupiter but it’s so small , also I bought a half decent camera to link to my laptop every time I get a half good picture even if it does look like I need a 20x Barlow when I use the camera it doesn’t show anything I’ve tried everything, I’m using a IR cut fillter and x2 Barlow and evening tried a light pollution filter but I can get any good pictures the sky tonight was absolutely brilliant for it and I packed up tonight feeling like I just as well have not wasted my time and just enjoyed the crowd from my Orion binoculars has anyone got s as my advice it would be absolutely needed otherwise il probably sell my 8se and buy something more expensive and still have this problem, I’ve seen pictures which others have got from an 8se why can’t I