SingAstro

Im curious on how SLR cameras can be attached to telescopes and how they are taken. Are the adaptors available in the market for SLR cameras a one size fits all kind? nikon/canon/etc ? When attaching the SLR camera to the telescope, are any camera lenses used? or is the camera body just attached to...

garygoh wrote:I am interested in buying a 4mm eyepiece for observing the moon, does anyone has any recommandation ? My budget is $100.

Hi Gary,

What scope do you want to use the eyepiece with? Looking at your budget, I would recommend a barlow and a 10mm instead of a 4mm.

Kay Heem

hah hah kay heem...you really DID post it here... :lol: anyway, when I first started this hobby, I brought my ETX90 to the office everyday, transporting it from my car to the office and back each day.it was during the time when all mercury, mars, venus, jupiter and saturn can be seen at the same ar...

Hi all, I was just having a short email exchange with Airconvent when he brought up the question: "When can we get a clear Saturday night?" My answer was when: - it falls on a full moon - you need to attend a wedding dinner - your auto-everything, electrical-only scope conks out Can anyone...

Kay Heem, Are you going for a SGT solution? Not necessary if you already have goto but sounds like a lot of fun to be able to see on your PDA star chart where your scope is pointing to. I think a few of the software mentioned here have SGT capability. I'm still trying to figure this out and dun min...

Hi all, My wife has just got a new PDA and I would like to load some suitable astro software into it. I would like to use it as a planetarium and it should be able to give basic details of deepsky objects and show a star chart with limiting magnitudes etc. Can anyone recommend any? My wife is using ...

Sam Chng tried once to use the toucam on my teleport to image mars. Even at f5 (1250mm), placing the image on the chip was tough but we managed to grab a few dozen frames. Focus was dubious. I tried to guide by manually moving the dob with some success but we ended up letting the image drift across...

Hi all, I think we need a spokesperson for Singastro when dealing with the public. For example: 1) There was an article in yesterday's ST (Straits Times, NOT Sky & Telescope) about suggestions on cost savings in the Government. Someone commented that streetlights must not be alternately on and o...

Hi all,

Got this link off another astro group I was in:

http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001915.html

Amazing pics, seems like taken from a space ship orbiting the moon!

Kay Heem

the schmidt-newt from meade... if i'm not mistaken, it is a regular newt with a corrector plate of an sct the 6-incher has speed of f/5...will the corrector plate remove coma? and i'm not looking for dobs I don't think it is simply a regular newt with a corrector plate. I think it has a spherical m...