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Paul,
When Rob and I got the ToUcams, the scrooge in us (me mainly) said why not get some ToUcam to 1.25" adaptors made locally, and Rob sorted this, with great effect.
In a flash of brilliance I got mine made with a thread on the front, the side nearest the telescope, and this thread is 24x.75mm. This size is the same size that a Zeiss ortho has threaded on it's eye lens side, once you remove/unscrew the ring on this end.
All I do is screw the eyepiece onto the adaptor, and attach the ToUcam to the other end. Eyepeice fits into the focuser (OK, via a .96"/1.25" adaptor), and away you go. With the likes of the newt (1250mm focal length) an O-8mm gives a "similar: image scale to the 5x Powermate. With the Mewlon (2160mm focal length) the O-16mm gives "similar" to the 2.5x.
What I like is that when the seeing won't allow the O-8mm/5x Powermate I can use the O-10, and accept slightly better image detail, but at a reduced image scale.
Make sense?
Gary
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