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Originally Posted by TheAstroChannel
My imaging camera is probably about 3-5 millimeters away from the eyepiece lens, so if i put the camera right up to the eyepiece, would it make a difference?
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Move it back from the eye peice and use the optical zoom not the digital zoom. About an inch pending how you zoom ect, also keep light off and work in the dark to stop flare/reflection between camera and eyepiece. Just experiment by hand and you will get the feel of it. It's all trail and error with the hand method and finding what works best.
Use video mode and start with planets if doing afocal, even the moon and then stack in registax. Then try Jupiter once your got the skill but by then you will find a bracket makes life so much better and also the results. With m42 you will need a bracket because there no way anyone could pull 2secs that steady by hand lol, let alone 5-10. Using that firmware will be very handy at that stage for higher iso's and custom exposures times ect.
By the way heres the features of what the firmware does and why it will be a must if you can't get you self a dslr or imager of some type.
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Features