photography on a skywatcher 150p

[oakwell]

is it possible to attach my cannon slr to my scope and take piccys?

[PhoenixRising]

It is, you need a "t adapter" from flo, bout £12ish.

[Capricorn]

Is the scope on an EQ mount with motors?

[oakwell]

Is the scope on an EQ mount with motors?

no

[LukeSkywatcher]

So its a Dob?

[oakwell]

Explorer 150P EQ3-2 With Free DVD | Telescopes | Rother Valley Optics

this is the scope i got ...sorry not good on all the specs at the minute still learning!

[Bizibilder]

Get the T-ring and 1.25" adaptor and bung the camera on! You will need to keep exposures VERY short until you can get some sort of motor drive. The Moon is OK as it is so bright that you don't need the drive - just click away.

[oakwell]

Get the T-ring and 1.25" adaptor and bung the camera on! You will need to keep exposures VERY short until you can get some sort of motor drive. The Moon is OK as it is so bright that you don't need the drive - just click away.

could u link to the exact items i need please?

[Bizibilder]

You need:

Adaptors - T Rings

And:

Adaptors - 1.25" T mount camera adapter

Hope this helps - phone FLO - they will help and guide you AND won't try to sell you stuff just 'cos its there!! And the service is good. (usual disclaimer!)

[PhoenixRising]

Skywatcher - Dual-Axis D.C. Motor Drive for EQ5

with decent polar and drift alignment I managed up to 120 second subs with this setup so you'll do alright with this. You'll want a polar scope to help align properly and possibly an illuminated eyepiece to drift align (fine tune) your set up.

Once you've got a polarscope and ill eyepiece don't spend anymore money on this setup as the next sensible upgrade from this would be the heq5 with syntrek/synscan. But that's another story, you'll have many busy nights with what you've got. You may also want to consider Astronomiks CLS Clip Filter to put in your camera, it filters out light pollution and helps you get better results. Also down load Deep Sky Stacker as that's what you'll be using for your processing. Keep asking questions here, it'll save you alot of pain! Hope that helps.

[PhoenixRising]

Oops look for the motors for the eq3/2, same price.

[PhoenixRising]

Skywatcher - Dual-Axis D.C. Motor Drive for EQ3-2

right, you need this one! Sorry bout that.

[Cornelius Varley]

Skywatcher - Dual-Axis D.C. Motor Drive for EQ5

with decent polar and drift alignment I managed up to 120 second subs with this setup so you'll do alright with this. You'll want a polar scope to help align properly and possibly an illuminated eyepiece to drift align (fine tune) your set up.

Once you've got a polarscope and ill eyepiece don't spend anymore money on this setup as the next sensible upgrade from this would be the heq5 with syntrek/synscan. But that's another story, you'll have many busy nights with what you've got. You may also want to consider Astronomiks CLS Clip Filter to put in your camera, it filters out light pollution and helps you get better results. Also down load Deep Sky Stacker as that's what you'll be using for your processing. Keep asking questions here, it'll save you alot of pain! Hope that helps.

The link is to the wrong motor set. This is the correct dual axis drive kit for the EQ3-2 EQ3-2 dual axis drives.

Peter