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Old 14-04-2018, 01:05 PM
benklerk
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Hi Jacob

I have the 6 inch version of what you are thinking of getting.

Few things
Do you have a guiding system in place? It is important to have a guiding in place.
Do you know how to collimate? RC is not a easy telescope to optically align with out the gear. It is worth getting this Bintel GSO RC Focuser Collimation Ring (RC6 and RC8), this will give you precise collimation.
I see that you have a HEQ5 pro, do you know how to polar align? With guiding and a good polar alignment you can expose for a few minutes.
The Heq5 Pro has a photographic limit of around 12Kgs.

Also you need a T-ring camera adapter and a T-adapter to use your DSLR.
DSLR is fine to start out imaging, you just need longer expose time and a lot more images to stack.

The picture attached is my setup for you to have a look. Im also looking at upgrading to the carbon 8" RC.
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