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Camera mount for my telescope? Astrophotography?

I have a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W1 Digital Camera, and I have a 102mm apex mak series telescope by orion. I want to be able to take pictures of what I see. I have seen the SteadyPix Universal Camera Mount. I am not sure if this is a good buy or not? What is my best bet for getting good images of what I see?

Hi. Bright objects like the Moon can be made by using afocul photography which is simply holding the camera up to a telescope lens and taking a shot. Attaching the camera to the focuser will give better (clearer) images. There are devices that allow a shot directly from the telescope that adapt the camera to the tube. Depends on what you want to spend and what you want to shoot.

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is a Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector Telescope a good telescope?

if not what are some good ones that arn't too too expensive

Galileo is one of the bottom feeders of the telescope world. Don't waste your money on one of their scopes.

Here are a few web pages with good information on beginner's telescopes:

http://www.gaherty.ca/tme/TME0702_Buying_a_Telescope.pdf

http://www.scopereviews.com/begin.html

http://observers.org/beginner/j.r.f.beginner.html

For more advanced information, read Phil Harrington's Star Ware, 4th edition (Wiley).

You'll get the greatest value for your money with a Newtonian reflector on a Dobsonian mount, such as these:

http://www.telescope.com/control/category/~category_id=dobsonians/~pcategory=telescopes/~VIEW_INDEX=0/~VIEW_SIZE=1000000

http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/product.php?class1=1&class2=106

Buy from a store which specializes in telescopes and astronomy, either locally or online; don't buy from department stores, discount stores or eBay as mostly what they sell is junk. Find your local astronomy club and try out different telescopes at one of their star parties:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/organizations

I strongly recommend that beginners steer clear of astrophotography until they have learned their way around the sky. Astrophotography is by far the most expensive and difficult area of amateur astronomy.

Many people who buy telescopes have no idea how to find interesting things to observe. A good introduction to finding things is NightWatch by Terence Dickinson (Firefly). A more advanced book is Star Watch by Phil Harrington (Wiley).

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New Black 6 Reflector Telescope with Tripod w Mount    US $229.99

New White 50mm Refractor Telescope with Tripod w Mount    US $54.99

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