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Old 19-March-2008, 12:59 PM
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A point and shoot digital or DSLR camera allows one to take afocal photographs of bright celestial objects rather easily through a telescope eyepiece. Astronomical CCD cameras are a whole different ballgame, however.

http://www.aoas.org/article.php?story=2007062522295274

http://www.astronomyforbeginners.com...hy/afocal.php\

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