New Camera

I went out and did it this weekend. I bought a digital camera. It is a Sony Cybershot DSC-W1. It's a 5.1 megapixel "snapshot" camera. I bought it because I'm getting a dog (SunShine) this weekend and wanted something to shoot her with.

Anyway, I'm wondering how I can use this astronomically. Can I put it up to the eyepiece of the telescope and focus, or should I remove the eyepiece on the scope first? If any of that works, I wonder if there are adapters that couple the camera to the scope.

Not a BIG deal, but I thought why not try it astonomically...

Paul Maxson

you will need some adapters to use it on the scope. You will need to do eyepiece procection. Does your camera do manual focusing? If not it may be hard to focus on dim objects. Also you need long shutter speeds unless you are just shooting the moon.

http://www.scopetronics.com/wizard/step4.htm?brand=Sony&model=DSC-W1&scope=Telescope+that+uses+1.25+inch+eyepieces&

if the link does not work, just go to
http://www.scopetronics.com/wizard/step1.htm

and select your camera and a few other options.

another thing you will need is a remote for the camera if your camera supports a wired remote if not use the self timer.

James