Message posted by lone wolf on January 31, 2005 at 12:03:41 PST:

If your goal is doing telephotography, there is no book. There are astrophotography books, but it really is a different discipline from telephotography. The most similar telescope application would be birding, but nobody does birding over 26 miles.

This book explains the hardware
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/index.html
However, here it is for free.
telescope->extension_tube->visual_back->eyepiece_projection hardware->t-ring->camera

or

telescope->extension_tube->barlow->prime_focus_adapter->tring->camera

Other than shooting the moon, most astrophotography timing is very slow, nothing like the 1/30th bottom limit you need for daytime shooting. Thus a camera suggestion you find in an astrophotography book may not be suitable for telephotography.

You can always go to sci.astro.amateur on usenet (newsgroups).

In Reply to: First Astro book for a newbie posted by Apracticalguy on January 31, 2005 at 3:13:38 PST:

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