Has anyone been able to take (decent) pictures of what they're viewing through the telescope?
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I have tried with my iPhone but I couldn't get any decent shots. It's very hard to align the camera just right to take a picture. It's a nice telescope but it's hard to take pictures of what you're looking at. Most telescopes will have this problem.
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The only type of photography recommended for this telescope is just attaching a simple point and shoot camera or smartphone using the right bracket for simple snapshots of the moon or planets. It's not recommended for any kind of serious astrophotography, but lunar snapshots can look nice.
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I hate to say this but this telescope was a joke, we couldnt even see the moon, just a bunch of blurry lights.II
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If you provide images in real time, you should check if the focal length of your telescope adpta the sensor to pick up the picture well. If you would need nnot possible focal reducer. Look closely at the characteristics of your telescope and compare them with the camera thus'll come to a conclusion. Best Regards.
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I had this telescope mailed out of state as a gift. So I dont know. They are i. Process of moiving and doubt they have used it much.
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Hello, I would say the images for me are the same as I have the basic eyepieces and two sets of as you need two sets for the bino viewers but what I like is the eye relief that you get when looking through them and a almost 3d effect like you get when looking through binoculars. If you can afford it I would highly recomend it, not for just yourself but for other viewers as well. I have a Celestron 8SE and looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, well its pretty awesome. My plan is to do astrophotography, if I was really into eyepieces I would go with the two inch and some nice Nagler eyepieces. Hope this helps, Good luck and dark skies.
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Thank you for your interest. Dobsonian reflectors are not suitable for astrophotography. This optical tube is optimized for visual use and will not reach focus with a DSLR attached. One can do afocal photography only with this model which is essentially the same as holding the camera (with lens) up to the eyepiece. There are accessories available to facilitate this method that basically clamp the camera to the eyepiece.
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I have not used my lense for sports yet but have gotten some really good pictures of the moon. Distance is really good. I shoot in manual mode.
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You can see them fairly clear, i'll put a link at the bottom of my comment to a guy who takes photo's with his 4se. Keep in mind, when you're looking through the scope, the view is not as fuzzy as his photos and video. You can't magnify much more than 150x with the 4se but you can see Saturn with it's rings, and Jupiter very clearly. I'm not sure what the other person is talking about the motors jumping, mine tracks beautifully. This is a great starter scope, but, I also agree there are way better ones out there. For a first scope just to get you familiar with the sky and Astronomy, the 4se works great. If you're like me though, you'll probably want something bigger and faster within a year. I'm actually thinking about selling my 4se to step up to a much higher end scope for Astrophotography. May I ask where you're from? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7LIfGL0G50jj7sP_aktkHA
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With out the lens on your camera the focus is all in the telescope. You need to look at what you want to take a photo of and bring it in to focus looking thru your camera but adjusting the telescope. You may slso need to manually adjust the time exposure as you also now have aperture
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Amazon sells telescope adapter or mounting kits that will make it possible for you to take photos with your camera, through your telescope. There are other ways of doing this but do not work as well. ** you will only be able to take photos of bright objects, bright planets and the moon as the 6i has a non-tracking altazmuth mount. For dim objects you will need to move your scope to an equatorial mount with tracking motors.
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One of the easiest ways is with a "NextImage Solar System Imager" from Celestron for about $100. It fits where the eyepiece goes and connects to a computer via USB. Another relatively inexpensive method (around $50) is a universal camera mounting adapter which can attach almost any point and shoot camera to the telescope and take pics through the eyepiece. Or, as others have mentioned, add a T-adapter and connect a DSLR camera.
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Mine works just fine. I don't understand "too good". The mirror is what matters. The telescope has a great mirror for the price. 3X is what I have. I like the zoom lens best. It is the easiest to work with.
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I really can't help with this. I did take a picture of the moon with my "point and shoot" camera by just pointing it through the eyepiece and it was quite successful. I think it is possible to buy attachments that will allow one to attach a DSLR in place of the eyepiece and take pictures, but I have never tried that - would need some research.
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Absolutely not. The focus is not crystal clear and the image is not bright enough for stars. Also, the zoom feature requires refocusing throughout the magnification range which is very frustration.
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Yes. You can type "SkyQuest xt6" into Youtube and get a sense of the view you'll get. Keep in mind that the best views are available under particular conditions with specific eyepieces, but you can certainly see planets--Jupiter and Saturn, for example--with the xt6 as is.
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Alejandro, Yes you can take pictures with some limitations. I have take marvelous pictures, but you need to sue a DSLR and you will have to purchase, from Celestron, a T-ring (part #93419) for $10.36 and the T-Adapter for $21.95. You thread these two items together and connect one end to your camer and the other end threads onto your telescope after you take the visual back off of the scope. You can easily photograph the Moon, I suggest that you take pictures of a partial moon. Run some tests and try different exposures. If you can afford a solar filter from Orion, you can take pictures of the Sun. Taking pictures of deep sky objects is difficult with an Alt-Azimuth mount, like the NexStar, but you should be able to get pcitures of Venus, Jupiter, the Pleiades and a few others, as long as you can shoot with a very high ISO. I hope this helps. One other thing that is very vlauable to purchase is the Celestron focal reducer, it will allow more light and widen your angle of view. Do some research on Prime focus photography with the NexStar 6.
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Hi Scott, Yes, you can see all three. However: Because the scope is a short focal length scope it gives a wide field of view and rather low magnification even with 10mm eyepiece (35X). If you can obtain a 2X Barlow, a power booster lens that you put between the eyepiece and the focusing tube, you will be able to have 70X magnification with the 80mm Go Scope. I bought a 7mm wide angle eyepiece for mine, which gives a magnification of 100X with my Orion Shorty Barlow. This gives very good views of the planets and spectacular views of the moon. Keep in mind, that "seeing conditions," that is how steady the atmosphere is any given night, can be the biggest factor in how good a planetary image will be. It can vary quite a bit, night to night, so if you don't get a sharp image of the planet, don't blame the telescope. Try another night. Also, particularly with Mars, it depends how close to the Mars the Earth is at any given time in our orbits. I have had only so-so views of Mars with big telescopes with high powers and steady seeing conditions when the planets were at great distances from one another. On the other hand, the clearest, brightest, and most detailed view of the surface features of Mars was through my 70mm Tele-Vue Pronto when Mars was at its nearest point in years back in 2004. And that view was obtained in the heart of a light polluted city! Hope this helps. If I can be of any further assistance, let me know. Sincerely, Joe R.
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i took some awesome pix of the super moon last fall. i was able to see the moon details. i was thrilled with the results. i used the zoom at full extension ,but had to brace the camera with my body.