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"I can use a camera with this telescope?

I would buy a first telescope and do not want to spend more than £ 200. I'd really like be able to use it for photography of the planets. I wondered if I could use this telescope to take some pictures using a SLR camera or a Canon IS standard Powershot IXUS 80. Website: http://www.opticalvision.co.uk/astronomical_telescopes/sky-watcher/auto-tracking_telecopes/evostar-80_auto Thanks!

That really is the wrong scope of what we are trying to do, and you're also looking to use the wrong type of camera to get good imaging results planets. SLR is good for large scale obects brilliant – like the Moon or the Orion nebula. Even in a relatively long focus telescope, the planets will be very small, so it makes sense to use a camera with a relatively small chip so that the object that this picture can fill a fair share of the cost structure .. The planet cheap cameras around $ 100usd and are based on web cameras. The second thing is for the planets, the way forward is to take hundreds or even thousands of shots and "stack" using a program like Registax. So really, we shoot "movies" to create a still image. In terms of scope, it makes no sense to buy a monitor montage of images unless an equatorial mount. I have asked is about an alt-az mount. If you can follow the object across the sky, you d find the object appears turn in time. Visually, this is not a problem. But if you wanted to take an exposure time to photograph the Orion Nebula, which would blur. For image a good quality of assembly is the most important part of the team. The optical tube you're seeing is also suitable for images of planets. In addition to opening limited, is achromatic. Achromats show a purple halo around bright objects because they have limited color correction. When they focus, in fact is centered in the green part of the color spectrum. Red and blue come to focus on a slightly different point, and combine to form purple. In the budget price range, would be better with a Newtonian reflector telescope, because mirrors do not need color correction. Frankly, it is best involved with a local astronomy club. Members shall have no more experience than you, and they will be happy to get you started. You can also find a partner who would be willing to let you put your camera on its scope over time to experiment with astronomical photography. Here is a photo of Jupiter and Io taken with my telescope: <> Http://www.holden-insurance.com/jupiter8109.jpg For those who are concerned that about 1,000 pictures on a DB21 Source Imaging camera and telescope was an Astro Physics 140 on an Astro Physics Mach1gto Barcón mount with a barlow Astro Physics and TMB 1.8. It was processed with Registax and Photoshop. Here is a photo I took the Orion Nebula with a Nikon D70. <http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/13640785>