Feb 13 2008
The Moon through a Telescope
After years of thinking about doing it, I finally hooked my Rebel XT to my telescope, a Meade ETX 60AT.
Here is the Moon from last night:
Compare this to the best shot I could get with a Tamron 28-300 lens:
I’m pretty happy with the results so far. Really looking forward to the 2/20 eclipse!
Cool!
Very nice!
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Great shot Declan — does your telescope have a bayonet attachment, like a lens? I love that pic. — Ed
Thanks Ed!
The telescoped did not have a built in bayonet. I read up and learned that I could but a “T” ring for my camera that has a bayonet on one side, and an inside thread on the other. The I got a “T” adapter for the telescope, screwed that into the telescope on one side, and the “T” ring for the camera on the other. The I could just click the camera on and off as if the telescope were just another lens.
I’ll try to take pix of the setup and post online this weekend.
D