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Which way should I go about guiding
I am currently deciding on an autoguiding setup. I have a 132mm f7 refractor with a Baader Vario 10 x 60 finder mounted on a Mach1. The main scope has a losmandy plate on top of the rings.
I am considering buying the guiding bracket for the Baader finder (which makes it stiffer) and using it as my guidescope. I would then buy a Lodestar or SBIG ST-I camera for guiding. This would leave the plate on top of the ota free to mount my DSLR camera and lens on if I want to do wider field imaging. Cost about $1000. The downside of this is that I lose the use of my finder. Is this a big deal for AP?
The other way I guess which is cheaper is to buy the Orion SSAG type setup and mount the 80mm short tube on my top losmandy plate. More weight and more items to carry around and I couldn't mount a camera and lens and guide at the same time but I would still have my finder available. Also the guider is not as sensitive. Cheaper though at around $500.
What do you think? Are there other options I should look at?
Just want a solid plan before I spend more $.
Cheers
Brett
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