How do you take a photo from the eyepiece or some other pathways?
1004992
This telescope is very poorly suited for photography because the mount doesn't track, the focal ratio is too slow for quick shots, and the 1.25" focuser is too small for most astrophotography gear.
1004993
There is no motor mount, so long exposure photography won't work with this telescope. You can buy lens adapters to align your SLR to the eye piece. I have had great success taking pictures of the Moon by simply holding my iPhone camera on the eye piece of the telescope. Here's an example: http://pabstphoto.smugmug.com/Public-Gallery/i-CHhMLpv/0/L/Full%20Moon-L.jpg
1713337
I know very little about astrophotography but I am reasonably sure you need to have an equatorial mount for your scope to accurately track objects for any amount of time. The next star 8 comes with the alt azimuth mount. I think you can buy the equatorial mount as an accessory. My guess would be less than a minute with your scope as is.
518182
there is a knurled ring between the eyepiece and the magnification adjustment ring. it may be hard to turn but that is the focus ring.
312922
You can use it through the camera port. I found I needed two pieces, a t-adapter and an eyepiece holder to hold the camera. For the ETX-90, you need this t-adapter: http://store.meade.com/meade-64-t-adapter-for-photography-with-etx-90-and-etx-125.html and for eyepiece, I purchased this: http://www.edmundoptics.com/mechanics/modular-mounting-components/t-mount-components/t-mount-telescope-eyepiece-mount/1970
264123
No, yo can´t. Suppose If the eyepeace will let you do this, you won´t be able to operate normally the controls of your DSLR that are at your right.
902519
The eyepiece can be removed but I have not investigated the availability of other eyepieces. John Cullom
635968
With out the lens on your camera the focus is all in the telescope. You need to look at what you want to take a photo of and bring it in to focus looking thru your camera but adjusting the telescope. You may slso need to manually adjust the time exposure as you also now have aperture
1385698
Start out by trying with the biggest eyepiece and practice in daytime aiming and focusing the scope on objects like lamp posts trees and once your comfortable try at night by finding a bright star or the moon. Make sure the amount the focus tube is up is around an inch above bottom and just keep scanning till you find it. Then you can fine tune the focus to get crisp image.
791645
If you mean can you buy an eyepiece camera and hook that up to the microscope, then yes. Just buy a high quality camera. I bought a $50 camera and used my computer monitor to see the images, but they weren't of good resolution.
1744795
No, you can't. The lens for the camera is on the reverse side of the device
1920215
if you are taking a photo of the sky you can always just put the lens on manual focus and set the focus to infinity. a tripod would also come in handy since you can keep the ISO low at 200 and use a longer shutter speed to get proper exposure without hand shake.
571679
Yes, you can use this telescope manually. No need to always use the StarNavigator as sometimes it is fun to just explore the universe on your own. To do this there is a knob on the bottom of the telescope where it attaches to the tripod and you just loosen to where you can easily adjust from side to side. As well as there is knob on the side to allow you to adjust the scope up and down. I love this telescope. really fun easy to use. Happy Star gazing. Clear Skies!
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The eyepiece must always be removed to insert the lens for the camera adapter. To remove the eyepiece, you first remove the tiny set screw from the lens tube which faces you as you would use the microscope. The tube is slanted so the set screw would be underneath. Use a number 0 Phillip's jeweler's screwdriver and be very careful to insert it squarely into the slots of the set screw. Using a magnifying glass to might help. When you feel the screw loosen, have someone hold a cup or box underneath the screw location to catch the set screw when it comes out of the tube! You don't want to lose it! Now the microscope lens will slide up and out. You're ready to insert you digital camera lens and adapter hardware. All adapters are not the same, so follow the instructions for brand you purchased. Good luck! D. McIntire
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The question is not exactly what you need. The field of view of the camera will be less than the field you would see with with a 10X eyepiece and the resolution will be worse than what you would see with an eyepiece. Worst of both worlds. And the enclosed software is horrible.
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Alejandro, Yes you can take pictures with some limitations. I have take marvelous pictures, but you need to sue a DSLR and you will have to purchase, from Celestron, a T-ring (part #93419) for $10.36 and the T-Adapter for $21.95. You thread these two items together and connect one end to your camer and the other end threads onto your telescope after you take the visual back off of the scope. You can easily photograph the Moon, I suggest that you take pictures of a partial moon. Run some tests and try different exposures. If you can afford a solar filter from Orion, you can take pictures of the Sun. Taking pictures of deep sky objects is difficult with an Alt-Azimuth mount, like the NexStar, but you should be able to get pcitures of Venus, Jupiter, the Pleiades and a few others, as long as you can shoot with a very high ISO. I hope this helps. One other thing that is very vlauable to purchase is the Celestron focal reducer, it will allow more light and widen your angle of view. Do some research on Prime focus photography with the NexStar 6.
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It is always better to keep the filter to the closest point from your eye. In this case, immediately below the eyepiece. Combining multiple filters may be useful to watch bright phases of moon and venus. For order sake, i would say Barlow, Filter, Eyepiece and Your Eye in order. The filters have thread which can help u screw and pile up. So Enjoy!!
675673
Just screw the front lens element (in or out) until it snaps into focus. It took me about an hour to figure that out, but I eventually got it to focus on the moon, then I just had to touch it up a little to get the stars to look great.