Hi all,
Has anyone had first hand experience in using the Celestron 6 inch F/8 Achromatic Refractor? (it's current incarnation being coupled with the Advanced XV Mount)...
I am currently on a 4 year savings plan to be able to purchase a fully equipped EdgeHD 14" SCT with imagers and all that goes with it as a graduation present to self for when I finish an astronomy degree I am starting, but I am considering the C6 refractor in the mean time just for recreational lunar, planetary and brighter deep sky observing for relaxation purposes only.
I am thinking of replacing the stock focuser with a 10:1 crayford style from Bintel (GSO) and stacking the Baader Sky glow filter and Baader Fringe killer (2 inch filter versions, able to be attached to a 2 inch diagonal so don't need to unscrew/screw on each time I change eyepieces...) in order to tackle the chromatic aberration.
Anyone have any first hand usage experience with either the C6 refractor in terms of it's amount of C.A. and performance in planetary views? And also any experience in using the Baadar filters to tackle C.A.?
I do not want to be spending a lot as this is only an interim recreational scope and I do not want significant (>3K) funds taken away from the Edge14 fit out...
Anyone feel free to chime in
Best to you all,
Mark
P.S. Anyone interested in online studies in Astronomy feel free to P.M me... have had LOTS of experience pestering Uni departments on this!