Comments on: Choosing and Buying a Telescope https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/choosing-and-buying-a-telescope/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/choosing-and-buying-a-telescope/#comment-20967 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:37:16 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9460#comment-20967 Well, the T mount arrived and I’ve tried to use it. It does indeed create a physical connection between the telescope and the camera, but unfortunately there isn’t enough inward travel on the focussing pillar of the telescope to achieve focus on the focal plane of the camera.

It’s a little odd that seeing as the telescopes focussing pillar has a T mount thread on it – it’s not a lot of use if you then can’t achieve focus. So, no photos yet.

I’ve done some more research though it it looks as though it might be possible to achieve focus if I us the barlow lens on the telescope and then attach the camera to that. This will require a 1.25″ t adaptor that fits into the barlow lens and then allows me to attach the t Mount to it, so I shall have to try that next. I’m just waiting for confirmation that it works before I buy the adaptor.

if not, then maybe a webcam will do the trick, but if possible it would be nice to get the SLR connected to the scope. Once / if I get it sorted I’ll post a full blog post outlining the problems and solutions.

Al.

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