Telescope Camera

How to mount camera to telescope?

Hello,

That type of camera (point n’ shoot and underwater) may not usable. If you can disable the flash, you can try using a clamp like this. Plus the shutter speed needs to able run slower then 1 second and ISO setting between 200 to 400 -

http://www.telescope.com/control/astrophotography/astrophotography-accessories/orion-steadypix-deluxe-camera-mount

Questar telescopes, are great, but you do need to have tracking for them to work best -

http://www.questar-corp.com/QuestarPDF/PhotographywithaQuesC71.pdf

For cameras, you would be better off with a DSLR with a removable lens. Preferably Canon’s XSi and above. Canon actually makes its cameras usable by third party software folks who make some very good control software for the camera -

http://www.stark-labs.com/

However – learning astrophotography has a steep learning curve. Briefly, you need to have a excellent mount, one that doesn’t vibrate when touched and it needs to have excellent tracking (hold an object in view while the exposer is going on. The telescope and finally the camera come last.

http://www.astro.shoregalaxy.com/dslr_astro.htm

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