celestron rooftop experiment

September 7th, 2024

I purchased a Celestron telescope at auction recently, and was itching to try it out! Our friends were very gracious to come let me and a few friends geek out on their rooftop. Tried using an attachment for my camera to mount onto the telescope directly for shooting, but was unfortunately unsuccessful. Will have to try something else. In the meantime I was able to shoot by putting my phone / camera up against the viewfinder of the scope and took some photos that way. 

While other people were using the scope, I killed some time taking long exposures and photos of the cityscape.