[xelasnave]

Be careful becoming brand complacent.

Personally I would sell the Celestron and start over or keep it for a travel visual unit which there is little point to...unless you want to look thru it whilst your camera harvests photons.


Let me spend your $4 K.

EQ6 with a f5 reflector and coma corrector.

Or HEQ 5 + f5 reflector+espirt 80mm...a little over 4k but that happens☺

I am so happy with my under a $1000 f5 yet to be tweeked unit I really think one would be happy with such a scope for a long long time...look at my last Lagoon image...dslr Nikon D5500, f5 reflector with coma corrector on HEQ5. Neither the scope or mount have been worked on ... yet.
I have not used higher than 30 second captures yet and the results of staking an hour of short exposures is rather pleasing...to me.
First foto..f5 8 inch on eq6 plus guide camera ..around 4k.
Second f5 8 inch Lagoon capture...first from bright Sydney second from dark Tabulam...first on eq6 second on heq5.
F5 is more forgiving than a f4 and the main reason I now stick to 30 seconds at 1600 iso is in the city I have no luck with much longer exposures...
Alex
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