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To: cymbeline

Good luck in that endeavor. Lots of fun doing that. I did it for years until I took attached a camera to the scope, then I was hooked. I have old school stuff so its a real challenge to get everything right. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes not.☺

Personally I have not used an eyepiece in years, not because it’s less amazing, or not as good, but because the camera can see so much more and I get to look at the images later. Plus it allows me to compare them to other images of the same object taken months/years earlier. I do this looking for any changes of the targeted object. Of course then it requires learning how to process raw images to squeeze all the data out. That’s a real challenge for me.

Btw, Celestron makes some great scopes. Good luck.


12 posted on 10/20/2022 2:57:22 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Most of my life as an amateur astronomer, I’ve enjoyed looking through the eyepiece. I didn’t think I had the patience for astrophotography.
Now that I’m retired, I wouldn’t mind doing at least planetary photography. I just don’t have a good camera for deep sky. I’m going to try to use my cellphone- I bought a Celestron NexYZ adapter. I just have to find a good location clear of trees….


14 posted on 10/20/2022 3:14:19 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: dragnet2

“the camera can see so much more and I get to look at the images later.”

I get that. I’m just fed up with all of the digital image massaging. I might change my mind.

I saw a news report that film photography was making a comeback.

My son and law takes night sky photos with his digital camera. Quite good.


15 posted on 10/20/2022 4:45:31 PM PDT by cymbeline
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