Asrto Photography

Hi All, Looking at a Bresser 35x175 Astro Telescope in Lidl for £57.Just thought I would ask our Astro buffs here if this set up would be any good for this and how easy it would be to attach K10 to take images. I am complete novice in this dept.advice appreciated.
Cheers

It could be done. You would have to find a 1.250" adapter to fit the scope focuser. Then add a Pentax T-ring to that.

But you will have an awful lot of weight hanging on the end of the scope. It probably won't track.

You would be ahead to look at scopes that are geared toward astro work.

Hi Josh,

The price looks tempting but that telescope isn't really suitable for astro imaging. You may get away with some lunar images but that's about it. And with a 1.25" focuser you'll get some pretty bad vignetting too. That telescope is very popular within astro circles when strapped to the back of a larger telescope and used for autoguiding with a webcam/guidecam.

If you are looking to do some long exposure imaging with the K10D, then you'll need a larger budget i'm afraid. And then play the secondhand market. Somewhere in the region of £150-200 would get you started.

I've just hung up my astro boots to start some daytime photography. But i have 6 years experience of astro imaging with a DSLR, so feel free to pick my brains.

Regards
Russ

Thanks guys most helpful. Russ I will take your advice and steer clear of this one and explore other possibilities in the future.