Simple spooting scope system

[Racalman]

Just for laughs I tried photgraphing a waxing gibbous moon with the spotting scope system.

The small picture was taken with the Chinese webcam at x27 mag.

The larger picture was with the Bresser camera. At this point there was some light cloud passing the moon hence the darker picture.

Both images were captured with SharpCap on a Linx 7 tablet.

A field telescope is not ideal for astrophotography as the focussing is a bit coarse.

[knewmans]

Using phone through spotting scope. Not sure where the right hand side has gone.

[Dellboy]

Has anyone got a complete list of what they used please

[Racalman]

Has anyone got a complete list of what they used please

OK, here's your starter for 10.

Spotting scope: Mine is a 25 year old Opticron 75x27. The older models are available at a reasonable price.

USB camera: I used https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-USB-2-0 ... 2749.l2649

Means of attaching camera to eyepiece: I used a cut down 35mm film canister. Alternatively you could buy a camera with adapter attached like this one (if it fits your eyepiece): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-25-Telesco ... 1006.m3226

OTG cable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-USB-Ma ... 2749.l2649 (connects camera to tablet/smartphone)

OTG compliant tablet or smartphone: Android phone with this free app from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... a&hl=en_GB or Windows tablet with this free software: https://www.sharpcap.co.uk/sharpcap/downloads

[Racalman]

Using phone through spotting scope. Not sure where the right hand side has gone.

IMG_20160223_213810630_HDR.jpg

That's nice. What resolution is the phone camera?

The Chinese webcam is 0.3MP while my Bresser telescope camera is 2MP.

[Racalman]

I forgot two things:

1) A tripod

2) A big thank you to Allan for inventing the system and sharing it with us

[Dellboy]

Has anyone got a complete list of what they used please

OK, here's your starter for 10.

Spotting scope: Mine is a 25 year old Opticron 75x27. The older models are available at a reasonable price.

USB camera: I used https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-USB-2-0 ... 2749.l2649

Means of attaching camera to eyepiece: I used a cut down 35mm film canister. Alternatively you could buy a camera with adapter attached like this one (if it fits your eyepiece): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-25-Telesco ... 1006.m3226



THANKS

OTG cable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-USB-Ma ... 2749.l2649 (connects camera to tablet/smartphone)

OTG compliant tablet or smartphone: Android phone with this free app from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... a&hl=en_GB or Windows tablet with this free software: https://www.sharpcap.co.uk/sharpcap/downloads

[knewmans]

Using phone through spotting scope. Not sure where the right hand side has gone.

IMG_20160223_213810630_HDR.jpg

That's nice. What resolution is the phone camera?

The Chinese webcam is 0.3MP while my Bresser telescope camera is 2MP.

Think the phone is 12MP

[Racalman]

Think the phone is 12MP

Is that why you can see the craters on the top edge, or do you have a better telescope?

[knewmans]

Its a good spotting scope.