How to MOUNT your Camera to Your Telescope

I show you a trick I learned on how to mount Your Camera to Your Telescope. This is very helpful if you have the compression fittings on your Telescope. By using Gravity you can sit your camera FLUSH to the Telescope TUBE. For many years I mounted my camera with the Mount in the "Park" position. Once I started mounting my camera like this, I noticed the corners looking much more consistent.
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[@thatgoose2639]

Great tip Doug! I will be trying this next trip!

[@Myastroimages]

Thanks for watching and commenting Rick!

[@_TriffiD_]

Ah, so nice to have you back. I always enjoy your videos.

[@Myastroimages]

You're too nice! Thank you!

[@Taipans]

YAY DOUG IS BACK!!!

[@Myastroimages]

Thank you and I'm glad you're back too Taipans!

[@berendmeier2nd882]

very helpful! thanks

[@Myastroimages]

Thanks Berend!
It's one of those "little" tricks you really don't think amounts to much, but, every little thing helps. For the longest time I mounted my camera with the mount point north. Once I started mounting the camera towards gravity, my funky little star corners looked much better.
Doug

[@Danny99uk]

Thanks for the tip. I use a Dob but I might start rolling the tube to vertical for mounting now.

[@Myastroimages]

I'm sure it will work on your Dob too. Thanks for watching!

[@Danny99uk]

Astrophotography Tutorials that meant to say eyepiece vertical I don't think a vertical tube would help ;)

[@Myastroimages]

Yeah, I forgot, most dobs don't allow the tub to rotate. It may be too difficult to roll and it may cause stress on other parts of your mount.
Doug

[@VincentGroenewold]

Super to see you back at it, one of the classic channels I still watch from when I started the hobby back in 2015. Regarding positioning... I started to dislike these compression fittings real fast when I started and was glad to get into screwing when I bought my "more expensive" setup later. :)

[@Myastroimages]

Hi Vincent,
True, the compression fittings are really a nightmare for AP. I don't know why I haven't changed. Probably because my telescope has the compression fittings and no screw mount.
Thanks for being a long time subscriber! I appreciate your comments too.
Doug

[@trader025]

All these little things do add up. I had / still use a fairly heavy optical train with my old DSLR this is the only way to get it nice and tight

[@Myastroimages]

Thanks for the confirmation Trader. Sometimes the best solutions are simple. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but, it helped my corners. Doug

[@gregsturgill3610]

Hey can you address the amp glow problem with D5200 and other camera too? Love your videos

[@Myastroimages]

Hi Greg!
Amp glow can typically be taken care of with Darks, Flats, and Bias frames...AKA calibration frames. Calibration frames help remove noise and unwanted signal.
I had a SSPRO camera and one particular corner had Amp Glow. When I used my calibration frames it subtracted the Amp glow noise from the image.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Doug