About images

[cspindley]

Hi I have the Skymax 127 and want to know how people get the images of stars and gases I know you need colour filters cause you can't see them by eye. I been told that you can get some kinda thing that goes on your eye piece that has a few colours on and you spin it round but I'm not sure what it's called. Any help would be great and suggestions what I need to get the image

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[Shibby]

That's a filter wheel you're thinking of. RGB filters are normally used in a filter wheel when you have a mono camera. With a one-shot-colour camera (such as a DSLR) you don't need any filters at all to capture a colour image!

Imaging with a DSLR involves attaching the body of the camera directly to the telescope, no eyepieces involved. There is loads of useful information around the imaging sections of the forum if you'd like to learn more. Good luck!

[badboybubby]

I think the spinney thing you refer to is a filter wheel. Im no expert but I would recommend reading the imaging stikies in the imaging section

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[UnderTheRain]

Go buy yourself a copy of making every photon count and all will be explained :-)

[cspindley]

thanks for the help i shall do some more research