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Originally Posted by Perseus
Will the Nexstar 130slt have the same tracking problems? im also worried that the aperture would be too small.
What 8" Newtonian telescope would you suggest to mount on the HEQ5 ?
Cheers.
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Yes , the same issue, the problem being that they are alt az mounts rather than an Equatorial mount. This means that as the night goes on, the image slowly rotates. If you are after long exposure astrophotography you will need an eq mount. If you have some time watch Forrest tanaka' series on YouTube. He goes through the differences between scopes and mounts , guiding and polar alignment
This is part one of three, should answer most of your questions
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0292TBMHo