entry level telescope for photography

Tony Rice wrote:

Any recomentations on an entry level telescope, an the necessary
adapters to mount to a digital camera (Canon G3 for what it's worth),
for photographing the moon, the upcoming Mars event, and maybe the ISS?

Hi Tom,

I think that the main point for astrophoto is the mount. A good scope on a poor
mount make hard astrophoto.

Clear sky !

André P. wrote:
Tony Rice wrote:

Any recomentations on an entry level telescope, an the necessary
adapters to mount to a digital camera (Canon G3 for what it's worth),
for photographing the moon, the upcoming Mars event, and maybe the ISS?

Hi Tom,

I think that the main point for astrophoto is the mount. A good scope
on a poor mount make hard astrophoto.

On this subject... Is there a general concensus about how good
the Celestron Nextar 11 GPS would be for long exposure photographs?

You insist that the mount is particularly important (I agree with
that), and the Celestron mount seems to me a bit weak. Not sure
how solid the whole thing would be when putting the wedge on it.

Any opinions on that? (that is, before I rush my decision to go
for the Celestron NS11?)

Thanks,

Carlos
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Carlos Moreno wrote:

André P. wrote:

Tony Rice wrote:

Any recomentations on an entry level telescope, an the necessary
adapters to mount to a digital camera (Canon G3 for what it's worth),
for photographing the moon, the upcoming Mars event, and maybe the ISS?


Hi Tom,

I think that the main point for astrophoto is the mount. A good scope
on a poor mount make hard astrophoto.


On this subject... Is there a general concensus about how good
the Celestron Nextar 11 GPS would be for long exposure photographs?

You insist that the mount is particularly important (I agree with
that), and the Celestron mount seems to me a bit weak. Not sure
how solid the whole thing would be when putting the wedge on it.

Any opinions on that? (that is, before I rush my decision to go
for the Celestron NS11?)

Thanks,

Carlos
--

Sorry Carlos, I don't know this mount. In my opinion, fork mount is the best !

Good luck...

A contradiction, in that astrophotography is for more advanced amateurs.
Photographing the ISS is particularly tricky.

Del Johnson



"Tony Rice" wrote in message
...
Any recomentations on an entry level telescope, an the necessary
adapters to mount to a digital camera (Canon G3 for what it's worth),
for photographing the moon, the upcoming Mars event, and maybe the ISS?

Del Johnson wrote:

A contradiction, in that astrophotography is for more advanced amateurs.
Photographing the ISS is particularly tricky.

Just wondering... Are GOTO telescopes able to *track* the ISS??
(i.e., sure they're able -- what I wonder is, do any of the
available models actually include such possibility in their
software?)

I'm guessing that tracking the ISS manually must be trickiest!

Carlos
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They can with the right software, but even then the user is very much
involved.

Del Johnson


"Carlos Moreno" wrote in message
.. .

Just wondering... Are GOTO telescopes able to *track* the ISS??
(i.e., sure they're able -- what I wonder is, do any of the
available models actually include such possibility in their
software?)

I'm guessing that tracking the ISS manually must be trickiest!

Carlos
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André P. wrote:

Sorry Carlos, I don't know this mount. In my opinion, fork mount is the
best !

Oh it is a fork mount. It's just that I don't know, the tripod feels
a bit too light for the big monster one's putting on it.

I think the specs are something like 65 lb the optical tube + the
electronics (that includes the fork), and only 19 lb the base (the
tripod). This sounds not too well proportioned to me, but I would
like to hear opinions from someone with more experience on the
subject.


Thanks,

Carlos
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Carlos Moreno wrote:
Andr=E9 P. wrote:
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Sorry Carlos, I don't know this mount. In my opinion, fork mount is=20
the best !
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Oh it is a fork mount. It's just that I don't know, the tripod feels
a bit too light for the big monster one's putting on it.
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I think the specs are something like 65 lb the optical tube + the
electronics (that includes the fork), and only 19 lb the base (the
tripod). This sounds not too well proportioned to me, but I would
like to hear opinions from someone with more experience on the
subject.
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The 65 lbs sounds like you are speaking of the Nexstar 11GPS. But I=20
would not call that "entry level", so maybe not.

Ask Uncle Rod: He owns a Nexstar 11 GPS and uses a wedge. I believe he=20
uses the stock tripod, but that may not be true. I have heard there is=20
a beefier one available and some recommend it if you are using a wedge=20
(which you will want for astrophotography).

Phil