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Prime focus help ?.

Started by slotdrag, 12/18/2006 03:51AM
Posted 12/18/2006 03:51AM Opening Post
I have a celestron C8N 8" reflector on a CG5 mount non motor drive. I also have a sony FD100 digital camera and a sony handy cam. I would like to do prime focus photos. What do i need to do this. Please the least expensive way.



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Posted 12/18/2006 07:14PM #1
Rick, fill us in on what you'd like to image. It's probably safe to say you'll want to get a motor on the RA axis, for tracking. It's nice to have motors on both axes, IMHO, but if you have a very good polar alignment, or you're doing very short exposures the dec axis motor isn't needed.

-Rich