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Old 13-04-2017, 12:20 PM
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Not the 120, the 224MC is a much better camera for this. If you don't want to spend the extra then go the rising tech. You might ask on astrovideoforum where people are buying them - there's a few Aussies there who will know. I think its on aliexpress.

The computer control is really easy with sharpcap etc. Just a single USB3 cable and you'll get some nice instant images.

F5 is great, but 1500mm is a very long focal length. Think of the 1/3" cameras as being similar to 6mm eyepieces - you'll have about 11' x 8.5' FOV ! So you will have problem staying on objects and will be restricted to really small objects. Go the focal reduction.

Most people use a small refractor (semi-apo if possible), a fast 6-8" newt, or 6-8" SCT (with x0.33-0.6 focal reduction).
I use the first two, but have used an SCT in the past - I like the large FOV objects, so go for FOVs from 30' to 2.5degrees.
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