Hello,
Happy New Year 2016 everyone!
I am the owner of the Vixen VC200L f/6.4 telescope which I mainly use for astrophotography of galaxies and planetary nebulae with my CCD camera SBIG ST2000XM with CFW9. After some years of usage, I am thinking to sell this scope and buy the Orion Optics Ct8 from an amateur astrophotographer. The Orion Optics comes with the well known baader steeltrack + baader mpcc mark III corrector.
Here you can find the tech specs of the two telescopes for comparison
http://www.vixenoptics.com/Vixen-VC2...ope-p/2632.htm
http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/CT/ctspecifications.html
The image scale I have with these scopes is 1.19 arcsec/pixel with the VC200L and 1.69 arcsec/pixel with the Orion Optics Ct8.
I would like to hear some expert opinion whether to go with Orion Optics Ct8 or not.
My main concern is which telescope has the best optics for astrophotography? What are the disdvanatages of Orion Optics Ct8 compared to Vixen VC200L?
For your reference the mount I have is Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro.
Thank you
Konstantinos