Post a picture of your rig!

Got a good one there ! Congrats on the by !

Here one of my t2is on the piggyback mount. Ill be moving this over to make room for my guidescope when I get it

WAY JEALOUS of all these sweet looking rigs!!! I have an older (2003) orion 8" reflector that I can't mate my camera to. I wanna get rid of it and start new.

Here is my set of toys: 2 refractors and my 400 f 5.6 attached to a 60D.

Johnny_M73 wrote in post #15488392
WAY JEALOUS of all these sweet looking rigs!!! I have an older (2003) orion 8" reflector that I can't mate my camera to. I wanna get rid of it and start new.

What's stopping you from attaching your camera to it? All you need is a piece that replaces the eyepiece in your focuser, with the EF mount on the other end. About $30 for a 2" focuser, and less than that for 1-1/4".

archer1960 wrote in post #15666924
What's stopping you from attaching your camera to it? All you need is a piece that replaces the eyepiece in your focuser, with the EF mount on the other end. About $30 for a 2" focuser, and less than that for 1-1/4".

Yeah, it all sounds great on paper. The focuser is an older, discontinued model and nothing currently on the market will mate up to it properly, I even bought a whole new focuser and THAT wouldn't hook up to the body of the telescope properly. I did tell them the exact model telescope I have and I was told "This is the model focuser you need" Of course, it wasn't or maybe they thought my telescope was newer than it is. I'm just done with it

Johnny_M73 wrote in post #15669370
Yeah, it all sounds great on paper. The focuser is an older, discontinued model and nothing currently on the market will mate up to it properly, I even bought a whole new focuser and THAT wouldn't hook up to the body of the telescope properly. I did tell them the exact model telescope I have and I was told "This is the model focuser you need" Of course, it wasn't or maybe they thought my telescope was newer than it is. I'm just done with it

It's not the focuser that matters. The camera with its adapter attached goes in place of an eyepiece, and will fit in any focuser of the correct size.

LOL!! It's easy to say when you're not the one trying it or not seeing what I am seeing and experiencing. I know exactly what piece you are talking about, I have one. Here's the reason I need a new focuser... The image will not focus, there is not enough inward travel on the focuser draw tube. It will not allow the cameras sensor close enough to the telescopes focal point. I would need a low profile type focuser, but there is not one on the market, that I have found, that will properly mate up to my telescope. There are 2 that orion sells, and those are the same 2 that are sold by many other companies, they are made by the same manufacturer, just different retailers. There is nothing wrong with the scope its self, when properly collimated, it's images are tack sharp, I just dont see myself spending wads of money to get my camera mounted to it, when I can easily sell it and buy something smaller, more powerful, and more importnatly, more portable. I do appreciate the advice and the help, greatly. Thank you.

Johnny_M73 wrote in post #15670746
LOL!! It's easy to say when you're not the one trying it or not seeing what I am seeing and experiencing. I know exactly what piece you are talking about, I have one. Here's the reason I need a new focuser... The image will not focus, there is not enough inward travel on the focuser draw tube. It will not allow the cameras sensor close enough to the telescopes focal point. I would need a low profile type focuser, but there is not one on the market, that I have found, that will properly mate up to my telescope. There are 2 that orion sells, and those are the same 2 that are sold by many other companies, they are made by the same manufacturer, just different retailers. There is nothing wrong with the scope its self, when properly collimated, it's images are tack sharp, I just dont see myself spending wads of money to get my camera mounted to it, when I can easily sell it and buy something smaller, more powerful, and more importnatly, more portable. I do appreciate the advice and the help, greatly. Thank you.

Ok, that makes sense. Not much you can do about not enough inward travel. That's one advantage of a scope aimed at photography like the Astro-Tech RCs: there's no problem getting your camera close enough to get a focus. Sometimes I need more outward travel, but that's easy to accomplish with extenders.

troypiggo wrote in post #12890753
Finally got around to shooting my current setup at the 2011 Queensland Astrofest.

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That's my laptop tent on the left.

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Really liking your gear ! How have you enjoyed it so far since you finally completed the setup ?? Have you done much viewing with the new scope as much as imaging ?

I just wanted to mention again to all of you that posted your Telescope Rigs , I have thoroughly enjoyed looking back through the images again . There is a lot of beautiful Telescope rigs posted here and I hope everyone is still enjoying them as much as I have enjoyed seeing your setup rigs !! I really miss the good night skies and seeing the DSOs' through a telescope . Where I live the LP has grown so much I have all but given up on astro viewing . Basically I'm retiring this year from the night life BUT I still thoroughly enjoy seeing what all is doing and posting ! THANKS TO EVERYONE !!

Thanks mate. My gear has gone through another iteration since these images
I have that 10" on a dob base now for visual, although can still image through it if needed.
My main imaging scope is a TMB92SS these days (eg that Dark Tower image).

For portable astrophotography I love the Astrotrac, I can easily get 300s exposures with a 135mm lens. I have done more astrophotography with this tracker than with any of my other mounts because it is so easy to move, does not require a computer, and sets up in about 10 minutes.

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Nice kit Calypsob!

I'm looking at modding my 550d as well, who did yours/where did you get the parts? Is this something I could do myself?