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Old 19-02-2011, 10:07 AM
ColinS (Colin)
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rockingham
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Meade LX90 Focus

Needless to say I am very new to this, so where necessary, forgive my terminology. I have a Meade LX90 telescope with an LPI attachment, which seems to work pretty good. I also have a Meade 'T' adapter for a camera.
Last night I set up the telescope, using the 'T' piece adapter to which I connected a Nikon SLR digital camera. As the adapter only allows for the camera to be attached I had to set up the focus prior to removing my telescope eyepiece viewer and attaching the camera, doing so I could only then use the camera viewfinder for final focusing.
The final result, though reasonable for the initial experimenting with getting a photo, was not very sharp.
Can anyone suggest a method whereby I can set up the camera and still keep a sharp focus for both viewing realtime and also in the camera?
Also the moon was about full and tended to be rather washed out dueto the brightness. Can I get a filter which would overcome this and if so, how do I attach such a filter (over the telescope lens, or between the telescope and eyepiece).
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