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Old 14-06-2007, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by iceman View Post
For a dob without tracking, your best bet is afocal imaging.. so leave the lens on! Point it into the eyepiece and shoot away.

You can get camera adapters that hook onto the eyepiece and hold the camera in place. There might be some balance issues with the dob that you will need to overcome but it can be done.

This article is over 2 years old now, but still holds value: Astrophotography with a dob
Thanks, Mike. So the camera will autofocus looking at say, a brightish star through, say, a 26mm eyepiece? Also, what would be a guestimate for seeing the faintest object after say a 7 -10 second exposure? I know this is very hypothetical but if I look and see visually a mag 12 object, will a shortish exposure as above, see any better?
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