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Originally Posted by NCC-2893
Tell me, do you piggyback the camera ? Or straight on mount.
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Hi John. One would think my instruments would be more sophisticated having been doing astronomy for some 40 years now. However my imaging gear like the rest of my scopes are very basic... and held together with bits of wood and glue.
This is my humble setup for wide shots. It's an old EQ mount from a 1970's 80mm refractor that's been retrofitted to take a guide scope and camera. The motor drive is actually an old tape recorder motor with speed adjustment via variable resistor and battery. Even the guide scope uses a home made guiding eyepiece made from binoculars, some photographic transparency film with a reticle marked on it and an LED down the barrel to illuminate it. The DSLR seems out of place on it, being the only modern bit of technology.
One day down the track I'll get a real mount.
