Telescope images.....

[Carrera2]

Following on from the 'planet' thread - has anyone got some pictures taken through their telescope...I'm really interested to see what definition you get.

It occured to me when I was reading the other thread that I haven't looked through a telescope since I was a nipper - is there a whole world I'm missing out on?

[nervous]

ive got one of uranus

[puggit]

Unfortunately I don't have the setup (yet!) to take photos on mine, it's not cheap. You need to buy connectors and then it's best to have a digital Slr camera.

Also needed are time, patience, a spot away from light pollution (which I don't have living in the centre of Reading!) and more patience!

Here's one of Venus transitting the Sun (June 2004) that I took by holding a normal digital camera up to the eyepiece. Obviously I also used a filter which filters out 99.97% of the sun's light!



Here's a great site which will let you see what my telescope can do

www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html

[Carrera2]

puggit said:

Unfortunately I don't have the setup (yet!) to take photos on mine, it's not cheap. You need to buy connectors and then it's best to have a digital Slr camera. Also needed are time, patience, a spot away from light pollution (which I don't have living in the centre of Reading!) and more patience! Here's one of Venus transitting the Sun (June 2004) that I took by holding a normal digital camera up to the eyepiece. Obviously I also used a filter which filters out 99.97% of the sun's light! Here's a great site which will let you see what my telescope can do www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html

Thanks Puggit - good site as well....very interesting...may need one of these....hmmmm...