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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
Looks good Stu, thanks for posting, I think I will have to get over my fear of 'stuffing' the scope with mods.. Does anyone know if there materials recommended for shrouds or ones to avoid?
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For the shroud I used a black synthetic fabric with a lot of stretch, along with velcro, corset boning and para cord with toggles for the top and bottom. The corset boning is used to stop the fabric from sagging into the light path. When I went into the local sewing / fabric retailer and asked for some black material for a shroud they thought it was for some type of burial.
This had happened at the store recently.
You can buy an Astrozap branded shroud for this scope from most of the telescope retailers if you do not want to make one.
The additions that are shown in the pictures have the benefit of not requiring any modifications to the scope itself. Only recently have I plucked up the courage to drill some holes in the scope OTA. I wanted to use the finder scope as well as a red dot finder, so I needed two more holes.
As Malcolm stated, this scope is capable of delivering high quality views at the eyepiece but it is not really meant for astro photography. This is the best I have managed with a-focal photography so far.