Sony T-Ring first light | Heavy clouds

[TheAstroChannel (Sean)]

So i just bought a T-ring for my Sony A57 for about four Dollars and it was well worth the four week delivery
Here are a few of the cloudy Mooners i got last night
Cant wait to move to the Deep Sky

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Nice work Sean, you gotta be happy with that!
You can also try the other planets as well. You've got a big image scale with the moon, you could take some photos of the different parts of the moon and stitch them into the one image also. If you have windows live picture gallery on you computer (think its fairly standard), it can do it automatically for you.

Well done,

Rusty

[TheAstroChannel (Sean)]

Awesome!
Did not know that at all
Thanks

[LewisM]

WELL DONE SEAN!!!

Yes, your image scale is GOOD! Here is my native image scale with my refractor - quite the difference!!!

[shenanigans000 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by TheAstroChannel

So i just bought a T-ring for my Sony A57 for about four Dollars...

Hi Sean. Great pic!

Is this like the one you bought? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/T2-T-Moun...item2ec764b1ac



I have an A35. How did you use the above to attach the camera to the telescope?

Cheers,

Greg.

[TheAstroChannel (Sean)]

That's the exact same Ring i bought and from the same seller! I currently own a Barlow which has the T-thread on the top which screws into the T-Ring, so if you don't already have a Barlow or adapter for the telescope you should look into buying one, other wise most reflectors have a T-thread where the eyepiece adapter would go. If you have a look at my youtube channel, i have a recent video where i show how to attach the camera to the scope!

www.youtube.com/Theastrochannel99

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Hi Sean , great shot , high clouds and all .
here are a couple of mine taken this week with my Sony Alpha200 prime focus in my Istar 127mm f8 refractor 1000mm fl .
Zero work , just raw out of the camera , into my computer and posted here for you .
Keep at it mate you are on your way and I look forward to more .
Brian.

[TheAstroChannel (Sean)]

Awesome photos
And thank you for the comforting words

[CJ (Chris)]

Hi Sean, your video prompted me to check my seldom used barlow and to my delight, there was a thread! Dirt cheap T ring now acquired and off I go!
Cheers.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

I've got a couple of Sony alpha T adapters off ebay and they are pretty shoddy.
The 2" Ultrawide Prime Focus ones from http://www.telescopeadapters.com/ are much better pieces of engineering. The no undercut version is probably the better choice. I have the undercut version and it doesn't easily lock down in one of my focusers.

[CJ (Chris)]

Hi Andrew,
Interesting link. Their 1.25" variable projection kit is mighty cheap. Oddly enough, I purchased this morning the Bintel Variable Projection Camera Adapter which was/is reduced from $59 to $29. A bargain I thought!