Piggybacking camera on a Celestron 9.25 CPC

[CapturingTheNight]

Hi all,

Recently sold my deep sky imaging setup (just not using it any more) and picked up a secondhand Celestron 9.25 CPC for visual use. About the only thing I did with my old NEQ6 Pro over the past two or so years was occasionally some solar imaging/observing with my PST or just putting my camera and lens on it for some higher res wide field images. I can see myself occasionally wanting to hook up these to my new scope. I know I am going to get rotation with the alt/az mount unless I invest in a wedge but for the exposure times I would be interested in it should not be much of an issue or it will be visual only with the PST.

Does anyone have any suggestions on getting a bar or tripod head attached to the SCT tube? The only thing I can think of at the moment is getting some tube rings with a 1/4inch camera thread (or hole) on top of them. This may well be the way I go unless anyone has some other ideas. I have heard of people deforking these things so there must be someway of attaching a bar to the tube?

Cheers

Greg

[blink138]

unless i am missing something obvious greg, the standard accessory rail on top and a piggy back mount for your dslr!?
pat

[julianh72]

Celestron make a piggy-back adapter for exactly this purpose - Part #93609:

http://www.celestron.com/browse-shop/astronomy/astroimaging-accessories/other-astroimaging-accessories/universal-piggyback-mount

[CapturingTheNight]

Awesome. Thanks Julian. That looks exactly what I want. Now to find a supplier....

Thank you also Pat. I was trying to avoid the whole rail thing. Bit of overkill for what I want to do I think.

[The_bluester]

I put a dovetail on my CPC925, which got basically nil use, until I deforked the scope and put it on a new mount, using the dovetail bar to mount it.

It was not all that costly from Bintel, though you need to be aware there are two different length bars for a C925 and order the right one.

[Camelopardalis]

The thing you've got to watch Greg is that the piggy back adapter is held in by screws on the rear cell casing. If you use a wide angle lens, you'll get the OTA in the shot :lol: unless of course, you put some kind of pivot inbetween.

[CapturingTheNight]

Thanks Paul and Dunk. Have the Celestron piggyback adapter on its way to me. Will see how it goes.



Yeah I plan to have a tripod head in between Dunk