Is this a good eyepiece for my telescope?
matters asked:
I have a zhumell perigee 100 Matsukov-Cassgrain. It has an aperture of 4″ and a focal length of 1400mm. I am looking into doing some astrophotography. I have found a Williams adapter eyepiece to fit my nikon coolpix. It has a focal length of 24mm. Is this a good match of eyepiece and telescope?
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I have a zhumell perigee 100 Matsukov-Cassgrain. It has an aperture of 4″ and a focal length of 1400mm. I am looking into doing some astrophotography. I have found a Williams adapter eyepiece to fit my nikon coolpix. It has a focal length of 24mm. Is this a good match of eyepiece and telescope?
March 29th, 2009 at 3:31 am
A 24mm eyepiece is a good medium-range magnification - good for planets, clusters, larger galaxies, the Moon. If I only had one eyepiece to work with, I’d go with 24 or 25mm. As for the camera, hopefully this will work - but when I attached by camera (old SLR) to my old telescope, it attached directly to the back without an eyepiece. So I’m having trouble picturing this arrangement.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:42 am
Yes. Sounds lovely!
April 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am
24mm eyepiece is well designed for what you want, and the focal length on the telescope is good also. However, 4 inch aperture is rather small. Don’t expect Hubble quality photos!