View Single Post
  #6  
Old 03-07-2018, 09:49 PM
beren
Registered User

beren is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,810
The LX90 is a great fun visual scope but being a ALT-AZ platform DSO imaging times would be limited to maybe 15-30 second subs due to field rotation with your dslr. You can purchase a equatorial wedge (or field rotator) for the LX90
to get over this but things start getting pretty complex and costly with supplementary gear (autoguidng, counterweight system for balance etc) to get up and running. If you are new I’d suggest maybe look at getting Qhy or Zwo plantery camera with the imx224 one shot colour sensor ( myastroshop sells a cheaper usb2 one with the same sensor under the Protostar brand). Great little camera for the moon and planets and with the free Sharpcarp software you could do live stacking on DSOs. Worth investigating this option I reckon, a focal reducer and cryford focuser on the back of the lx90 would be handy accessories for any imaging to.
Reply With Quote