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Originally Posted by Saturn%5
1 will this scope still be ok to use with a webcam using the 1.25 adaptor.
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Hi Graeme,
I am not am imager so not an expert about about these cameras and imaging. What it will come done to is the chipsize of the camera you plan to use and the focuser travel range. A camera with a small chip (<12mm) will probably work fine. The second problem will then be if the focuser has enough downward travel to reach focus on the camera chip. You need more infocus for imaging than you do for visual astronomy.
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Originally Posted by Saturn%5
2 Can i use the the 1.25 to use a collimator to allign it.
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Any form of 1.25" collimation devise (laser, cheshire, sight tube, autocollimator etc) should work fine in the adaptor.
Those .965" orthos from KK in Japan will cost you about $80 each plus shipping. They are very good quality optically but the FOV is fairly narrow by modern standards and the eye relief on the shorter focal lengths is tight. They should be somewhat better than the eyepieces you already have.
Cheers,
John B