Celestron 8 Telescope: Gazing at Jupiter (first attempt).

[Webkinzgirl624]

what is camcorder?

[scottohscott]

@Webkinzgirl624 It was an insignia hd camcorder. It's very small and light, and has an lcd screen on the back so you can see what you're filming. It was $55 on ebay.

[YoZZii66]

(O.o)

[TheChangeInTime]

this is as 1337 as your views are!

very nice ;)

[moequity134]

Pretty incredible that you could get that image with a camcorder and a few rubber bands!!!! I just bought my 1st scope this year -Celestron  SE8 - I HAVE to try this out before Jupiter disappears this winter.

[scottohscott]

Yeah the camcorder thing worked out pretty well. If you do it with one like mine, for some reason you have to stay zoomed in a little bit or you wind up looking at the inside of the scope. Saturn's out. It's always good for viewing/filming.

[dayone54]

hi scott,

i just bought a classic c8 celestron. vintage one., coming soon what kind of camera did u use and what zoom? this will be my first time using a celestron and a camera with it. havent bought a camera yet.

can u help me? nice pic by the way

debs

[scottohscott]

Hello. It's an Insignia NS-DCC5HB09 camcorder with 3" lcd screen. You can buy one on ebay for around sixty dollars. It has an 8x electronic zoom. If I remember correctly, I was using about 6.5x zoom with a 12mm eyepiece. I used rubber bands to hold the camera to the eyepiece. This was a cheap way of doing it. If you have the money, you might want to look at a DSLR camera.

Thanks for watchin!

[scottohscott]

The C8 I used for this is about 15 yrs old too.

[librascorpluna]

WOW! What kind of telescope do you have...is it very powerful?

[scottohscott]

It's a Celestron 8 inch sct, sort of midway powerful, but a good all around scope. Part of the reason Jupiter looks so huge is because my camera also has a zoom. Thanks for watching!