Damien2904

Hi everyone, Up until now I've been using the 20mm & 4mm eyepieces that came with the telescope. The 20mm has been fairly good for Venus & the moon, however the 4mm has proved quite awkward & I rarely use it if I'm honest. I'd like to make the next step, but my research has now left me brain fried....🤯 I only plan to look at the planets / Moon for the time being. I've been reading up on the Celestron X-Cel eyepieces, they don't seem to bad price wise and reviews I've read have been fairly good. Anyone agree? I'm getting the impression I should only invest in a couple lenses and in the 12-17mm range first followed by a 9mm for example. I'd like to take some shots with my Nikon D3200, but understanding whether it's a simple matter to connect the eyepieces, adaptor & camera via YouTube videos has been challenging. I have the T-Adaptor below....but I think it'll be to small as the Celestron X-Cel eyepieces for example look a little more chunky. Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 🙂 Damien

Hi all, I’m pretty new to astrophotography...well really new, only had my telescope (Celestron 127EQ) for 3 weeks. I’ve been looking at Venus for a couple weeks now and wanted to share my little journey photographing it. I started by linking my iPhone up to the telescope using an adaptor. The below photo is a collage of how I progressed over my first week, have to say after packing up every night and comparing that nights photos to the night before, it was so exciting as I could see I was getting slightly better day by day. However I soon worked out that the iPhone wasn’t much use for blocking out the brightness or focusing. I then purchased a T-Ring & T-adaptor to link up my Nikon D3200 to the telescope. I must add that I’m not very clued up with the camera neither, it’s one of those things I’ve had for years but never really given much time, so I had to give myself a YouTube crash course on aperture/shutter speed/ISO...🤯🤯 Night before last I took these shots below... These were taken with a 2x Barlow lens...shutter at 3200 & ISO 800. I couldn’t quite work out how to / if I can incorporate the 20mm or 4mm lens that came with the telescope....would they make any difference? Any suggestions on how I can improve the sharpness and get a little closer would be great. 😁

Thanks for the comments and welcomes. 😁 I’m pretty pleased with the photos, I can’t wait to try taking some shots using the DSLR.....and when the moon reappears at a more appropriate time. I’ve been looking/snapping at Venus lately, but I’ll post those photos in the relevant section. 👍

Hello everyone. 🙋‍♂️ Newbie here to viewing the universe and astrophotography. I once had the opportunity as a young boy to view the major planets through a family friends telescope, and since then I've always been fascinated in them. I have never picked up the hobby on my own but always intended to eventually...but sometimes you just need a boot up the backside to get you going. Three weeks ago my other half gave me a telescope for my birthday. 😀 I now have a Celestron 127EQ (4mm & 20mm lens included), which from what I've read online is a good telescope for starting off with. I intend to start off with the Moon & planets, its been about 25 years since I last viewed them up close. I've been out most evenings since having it & was overjoyed early this month when viewing the moon. After purchasing a Celestron NexYZ Phone Scope Adaptor I was able to grab some photos with my iPhone....I hope you won't mind me sharing a couple. No doubt I can imagine these are very basic to most people, but I was more than pleased with them after only a couple of attempts. I do have a Nikon D3200 however at the time of taking these photos I was awaiting the arrival of the T-Ring & T-Adaptor in the post. Hoping to improve over time with some guidance. 😉 Thanks for looking & I look forward to the chats. Damien