Suitable scope for taking planetary n moon

Jingguo · Post by **Jingguo** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:21 pm

Hi guys. i would like to ask u guys to recommend suitable scope for planetary n lunar photography. Is for fork suitable? heard that fork mount can only reach certain angle only. thanks alot

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:28 pm

to frame moon nicely with a 35mm piece of film, u will need near to 2500mm of focal length. can try achieving that with either a barlow or simply a scope with lots of focal length.

for planets, find as much focal length as possible, webcam fits nicely here due to it's smaller sensor size.

choice of mount doesn't really matter, neither does tracking. since most motor drives can't follow the ecliptic anyway.

~MooEy~

Post by **weixing** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:13 am

Hi,

Is for fork suitable?

You need to check whether the scope will clear the base of the fork mount when a camera is connected to the scope.

Anyway, for planetary astrophotography, any scope will do and tracking is always better. Can always go eyepiece projection or afocal method if your scope focal length is not that long.

Have a nice day.

universe24 · Post by **universe24** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:40 pm

For planetary and lunar photography, I suggest a telescope(any type of optical system) with diameter not smaller than 6 inches. The reason is we always interested in how much we can resolve for surface details and not how sharp a planets or lunar images we can get. Of course, you have to photograph as sharp as possible to resolve surface details.