First outing with t-ring and adapter for SLR. Somehow couldn't get the focus quite right, but still, basic equipment testing shots of full moon, Jupiter and Saturn. Now I have to figure out how to focus well (the live view on screen isn't good enough).
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Already with barely any effort and just a little bit of playing with shutter speeds and film speeds, it's almost as good as the best I could get out of an iPhone. It can only get better from here.
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The set up is: it takes a 2x barlow to extend the prime focus enough to reach the camera sensor (since that's a like 45mm beyond eyepiece barrel). The field of view is small, so exposures more than about a second will streak. No tracking mount, so short exposures, high iso speed.
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In case it isn't obvious, this is an SLR attached to a telescope. Specifically, a 114mm objective/1000mm FL newtonian reflector telescope
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Won't get too far with this though. But damn, the cheapest tracking equitorial mount from Celestron is like $899. Not worth the investment unless I move to a much more astronomy friendly location. celestron.com/collections/mo
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Not entirely sure how people do long-exposure photography with Dobsonian mounts. You'd think the altazimuth motion even with very fine worm gears in the tracking would mess up the pointing.
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Ah I’m dumb. There’s a way to zoom up to 10x in live view so you can focus better. Well next time.
