How to fix a camera to the telescope???

[legoalan]

Hi everyone, I had been interested in trying to take some pictures of the moon and some planets for a long time now but I don't really understand the equipments needed to fix the camera to the eyepiece (that is how you do it, right?).

What I have right now:

Skywatcher 250px dob

HP photosmart 945 (I think this is really old)

25mm eyepiece

3X barlow

What else would I need to get, considering that I am not going into proper astro photography, just want to have a quick snap every now and again Any advice or tricks with taking photos would also be greatly apreciated.

Thanks

Alan

[Cornelius Varley]

You will need a bracket to hold the camera close to the eyepiece to avoid camera shake such as one of these First Light Optics - Skywatcher Universal Camera Adapter. The bracket clamps around the eyepiece and the camera is attached to the bracket.

Peter

[Mike Hackenbacker]

it works very well,i have one,remember to balance scope after attaching.here are some pictures of mine attached to my skywatcher 130M.the last pic is the camera at full zoom.allow space for lense travel.i have shot photos and movies with this camera i just edit out the sound..