Accessories

Vital Accessories

Viewfinder: Allows targeting of the scope at a point. Without this, it would be very difficult to point the scope at what you want to see.

Eyepiece: Collects light from the primary or secondary mirrors and magnifies it. 

Mount: Supports the telescope.

Non-Vital Accessories

Filter: Makes features of celestial objects more prominent.

Photo-adapter and T-adapter: Allows astrophotography. T-adapter connects photo-adapter to camera. Photo-adapter connects telescope to T-adapter.

     Photo adapters             T-adapter

 

CCD: Charged Coupled Device. Electronic camera. (below is a CCD chip)

Colaminater: 

Assists to align a telescopes mirrors.

Chart: 

Gives information about positions of celestial objects. It is very important when trying to locate an object too dim to see with the naked eye.

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