Celestron 130 and Canon D1200

[rigel5]

I have a problem when i try toimage using my camera through the telescope i have to use a barlow as im guessing the chipinside the camera is to far away/ too close  for it to focus.

Last night i was trying to image the moon as im using a barlow i can get the whole moon in shot.

I treid unscrewing the lens on the barlow but this gave me a black spot on the moon which im guessing is the secondary mirror inside my scope.

Any ideas

[rigel5]

I have spoken to a nice man at Tring and basically there is nothing that can be done this scope is not really designed for astrophotography. and it wont allow the camera to focus and get a full disk of the moon, as i have to use a barlow to get the camera to focus.

Time for a new telescope yee haaa

[happy-kat]

Have you tried using a webcam just to get a different imaging experience?

[Astromaster130]

If the scope you have is an astromaster 130 then a webcam will work fine! I had that scope for my starter and got some decent captures of jupiter venus and the moon

[beamer3.6m]

You can move the primary mirror up the scope to get an image.

This is the principle behind the 130PDS.

I modded my 130p this way and it worked. There are lots of threads on it.

[rigel5]

Thanks for the comments, no i havent tried a webcam yet but i will look into it.