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Bill, someone else spurred me to consider putting a camera on the back of my mak, but no.
The mistake most are making is hoping to use a cheap camera typical of what they use on fast small refractors - a small sensor with pixel spacing far too close for the focal ratio of the maks.
AP of DSOs with a Mak is definitely possible but it requires a sensor with much larger pixels - and pixel spacing - than the popular cameras offer, possibly in the range 7-15 microns.
There are one or two such cameras - but they’re not cheap - to the extent if you’re aiming to photograph DSOs it’s cheaper to buy another scope with a faster focal ratio.
Conversely if you did have this type of camera it won’t suit short fast scopes...
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