T-mount

[Gazer914]

Hi guys an gals,

just wanted to ask whats the best to do? have just bought a canon t-mount for attaching the camera to the telescope which is the best what to do it? camera direct to the scope or camera + t-mount + 2x barlow? its just that the barlow lens that came with my sw 200p also fits the t-mount so am not sure which is the best way to conect them.

[BEYOND EARTH]

Hey Gazer914,

I have a Canon T1i that connects to my t-mount which connects to my barlow, and I found that I got better results this way. You should play around with both ways and see which gives you the better results.

Good luck my friend!

Be.

[Stephen]

Direct to the OTA via the t-thread, putting a Barlow in the chain will only slow the scope down.

This won't impact too much for lunar, but is not ideal for DSO

[Gazer914]

thanks for the replies, yeah was getting a little confused but will give both ways a try, am trying to get everything sorted before i attempt ap have been having loads of fun just with the webcam with planetary, have taken a video and a few pics of the moon with the xbox webcam which came out great. but now am at the stage i now have a proper camera for ap and the mount i need.

im interested in dso's but with a lot of the reading ive done on the net a lot of people have said to include the barlow and this was where i was confused so just thought best to ask on here. all i need done now is the canon converted for ap and all set to go so hopfuly happy nights ahead lol

[Tinker1947]

My thought are, adding a Barlow will increase and tracking, collimation, lp, error, and loads of stuff i can't think off, just use Prime Focus will give good results, check out the imagine forum and see how many of the Pro's use a Barlow....This is when using a DSLR and Imagine DSO's of course...