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Old January 26th 17, 11:11 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default any way to use Amazon Fire tablet in front of telescope ep?

On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 11:09:25 PM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
On Sunday, 22 January 2017 05:54:11 UTC-5, wrote:
On Friday, January 20, 2017 at 4:12:20 AM UTC-5, Martin Brown wrote:

Any cheap webcam and a few random plumbing part to use one afocally - it
just require a bit of patience to centre it up and make it rigid.


And maybe some duck tape.

The webcam will give much better results with its lens removed and the camera used in either "prime" focus or with eyepiece or Barlow. YMMV.


Plus, the sensors are so small no eyepiece is needed to image planets.


A 3x Barlow might be helpful. YMMV.