Wish me luck!

[cyroflame]

Hey guys, Have just come across some old camera SLR stuff i have, lenses, filters etc. Among these lenses i have found a fish eye lens! usually used to create a more apparent wide field of view i am going to (optimum word) "Try" and turn this into a lens that i can use with my telescope (When i get it that is)

I have no idea if it will work, but let's try!

i went out last night and held the lens in front of a pair of bino's and it actually gave me a relatively clear image! zoomed in but still wide field!, lets hope it is same with telescope!

Also like i said i have found some of my old Skylight filters, usually used to block out uv light, they really helped me when i was taking pics of the sky in light polluted area, so will try and "Adapt" these as well!

Am i crazy?...

[iamjulian]

I cannot picture how you are going to fit a fish eye lens to a telescope!? It will be too small to go over the aperture and too big to use as an eyepiece. Tell us what you have in mind.

If you have a camera to go with the lens, you could try some nice wide field photographs of the night sky.

[cyroflame]

you know what...........i have really not thought this through! lol! maybe i will just do some widefield astrophotography with the camera i have for it!

as for the filters at least they will wok! i can just hold them infront of eyepiece!