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Category Archives: Optical Equipment
Skywatcher EQ6 and ED80, plus Canon 1000D – A marriage made for the heavens?
Finally, I got the Canon DSLR 1000D attached to my Skywatcher refractor. I’ve been waiting for the T-mount adaptor and it arrived a day or two ago. It has a Canon EOS fitting on one side (you remove … Continue reading
Posted in Imaging Techniques, Optical Equipment
Tagged attach dslr to telescope, canon live view, t mount adaptor
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Vixen Flip Mirror Plus Skywatcher 80ED Pro Refractor
I wrote a few weeks ago I had bought a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and I’m very pleased with it (in spite of the excess of grey cloudy skies, we seem to have had recently!). Well.. I’ve just added a great … Continue reading
Posted in Optical Equipment, Telescope Astronomy
Tagged ed80, flip mirror, telescope accessory, vixen
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More News On The Alan Young Telescope Declination Axis Problem
I have been consulting with experts over the last two weeks, about how to fix our big telescope and make it usable. It has a problem with the slow-motion drive on the declination axis. The screw thread and rack section … Continue reading
Posted in Optical Equipment, Types Of Telescope
Tagged alan young, declination axis, slow motion drive
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