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solargenes
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Reged: 11/05/07
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Hello; does anyone have any advice on what kind of brakcet to use to mount my Nikon D40 to my ETX125 scope? I found the T-rings and T-adapters, but am having problems locating a bracket. Many thanks.
Julie
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nofxrx
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/12/05
Posts: 1401
Loc: palm bay,florida
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Not sure what kind of braket you need,could you be more specific?
If you want to do Prime focus imaging(camera hooked upto focuser) then it shoud go Visual back(2" if possible)to T-adapter to T-ring(camera specific) to camera..
If you want to do eyepiece projection the you will need that adapter..
If you are looking to do ome piggyback photography then you just need a tube ring for your OTA(Orion has some very nice,and very affordable ones) and mount the cam to the top of the Ring...
Nice little camera by the way.I just purchased a D40x and have yet to try it out on some DSO's
hope something helped
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manyworlds
journeyman
Reged: 08/05/08
Posts: 6
Loc: Central Oregon
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what I want to do (I think.. ) is to piggy back the d40 to my meade etx125..i've seem some adapter rings, but they seem to start at 7"... mine is 5"... many thanks for your assistance.
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nofxrx
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/12/05
Posts: 1401
Loc: palm bay,florida
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The OTA is 5.75" in diameter as per the Meade ETX manual online.Which is 146mm.
Orion has THESE which you could MAKE work (it might be possible if you are good with a hammer  )
Parallax makes some VERY nice rings HERE but not in the EXACT size you want,but they will do custom orders(IIRC).
OR.
Ken Dauzat makes custom stuff all the time.drop him a line and he may be able to help you out.(for probably less money than Parallax). HIS SITE
If it were me I would bang on a set of Orion's 144mm's till I got it right.... my 
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Brent Oliver
3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie
Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White
Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts
Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO...
My Gallery
Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!!
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