My equipment

[Jeremiah]

I have a Nikon D80 and a Meade ETX-90 Telescope which I am wanting to use for astrophotography.

The ETX-90 is more than 20 years old but still works fine.

i am very new at this endeavor and need all the help anyone can give.

[sloz1664]

Hi Jeremiah and a very warm welcome to the Lounge

You will get oodles of help here

Steve

 

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. You will get a good response if you put your questions in the getting started in astrophotography section. I only do visual.

Edited July 24, 2020 by laudropb

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Peter in Bedfordshire 🙂

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

Peter

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun on the learning curve. 🙂

[banjaxed]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

[Kevin Kretsch]

Welcome, Jeremiah!

My ETX-90 is 22 years old. It's had a few repairs and fixes along the way but it still works and optically it is as good as it ever was.

[toshapetriji]

Hi Jeremiah  welcome to SGL.

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi @Jeremiah and welcome to SGL. 

Snap - you have almost the same equipment as me! 

• yours... Nikon D80 & ETX90.
• mine... Nikon D80 + D40x & ETX105 (albeit 're-modded').

Below is an afocal image of the Montes Apenninus region of the Moon I took several years ago using a Meade 20mm Plossl series 4000, Olympus C2040, and an eyepiece projection unit attached to my ETX105...

Later that same evening the 'cheap & nasty' dovetail mounting plate snapped and the ETX hit the ground/grass and damaged the ABS plastic rear cell assembly damaging two of the three mounting points.

Some images of my 're-modded' ETX105...

Edited July 26, 2020 by Philip R

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi there and welcome. 

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi again @Jeremiah.

I forgot to add this image...

It shows the eyepiece projection unit; (shown in the middle of the image); made for me by Beacon Hill Telescopes; (other ready made brands are also available, either as a 'fixed' or 'variable' length - see below for the Meade branded ones). I simply pop in a 'compatible' eyepiece and then attach it to my camera T-ring for afocal imaging. I have not tried prime focus; (i.e. the OTA replaces the camera lens); imaging with it.

Meade #07363... projection tube/adapter (fixed) - I have a Celestron equivalent.
Meade #07361... eyepiece projection unit/adapter (variable).