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Old 10-07-2011, 11:28 AM
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OMG no!!!!!. Although you can do that (camera to eyepiece...it's called afocal imaging). Instead of rambling on like a prat here, I'll point you to some books you can buy and read which will show you how to take astropiccies...

Introduction to Digital Astrophotography

Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography

(Jut go to the Books section of the link...they're on page 2)

Deep Sky Video Astronomy

Digital SLR Astrophotography

Also, something important you should do....join an astronomy club. If you go to one of their obs nights, you'll learn a lot about the equipment you need to take piccies, as well as what scopes is best for what and you'll get the chance to look through the scopes, meet new friends and learn a lot

Just to give you an idea, here's a shot of the Moon I took a number of years ago through my 8" SCT....All I did was grab my little point and shoot (Canon A460) and held it up to a 26mm eyepiece in my scope.
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