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The Celestron #93609 Piggyback Bracket fits their 5-8″ diameter NexStar SE telescopes and is a popular and easy way to get started in astrophotography. Stunning remarkably detailed wide field photos can be taken by attaching your SLR camera atop the NexStar telescope guiding the camera through motion of the telescope itself. But you can in fact use any camera with a 1/4″-20 socket; it certainly helps to have a “bulb” setting for the shutter and manual control over the aperture though. For shorter exposures of 5-7 minutes it is acceptable to use the NexStar SE in its normal altazimuth mode. For longer exposures beyond 7 minutes such as any wide field pictures with nebula or other deep space objects in the image you’ll need to add Celestron’s #93655 Wedge to put the NexStar SE in an equatorial mode so that there is no star trails or drifting of the elements in the image. It certainly helps to have a fast aperture lens for the camera such as the f/1.2 50mm 55mm and 85mm lenses available to fit various manufacturer’s systems as this helps drastically shorten the exposure times. The slotted mounting holes in the base of this piggyback bracket allow it to be installed in predrilled threaded holes on the NexStar SE scopes and the bracket’s unique design allows you to fit your Star Pointer finderscope on top of the piggyback so that you can accurately navigate your telescope and conduct astrophotography simultaneously.
- Allows attachment of a camera with lens to the top of a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
- Ideal accessory for those interested in deep-sky astrophotography
- Straightforward installation
- Nexstar’s Starpointer Finderscope can still be utilised when mount is in place
- Can also be used for mounting a spotting scope to your telescope