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Originally Posted by Carl
In addition to the above. I have a CG5 mount which came with the C8 celestron and am planning to use it for astro photography. 2 other members at the club have the same mount and are very happy with the results.
Now I know it isn't an expensive mount but it's what i can afford and have been led to beleive that imaging will be fine. Should I get it servised first and does anyone know of a reliable servicer and whats the best way to stabilize this type of mount once placed on a permanat pier?
Any thoughts
Regards Carl
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Hi Carl
I am late to this discussion but like the others, I am ready to help. I see that you have a CG5 mount. Is this your standard dual axis drive mount or the GO-TO version? If it is GO-TO you should be able to Auto-Guide, if not then you will need to manually guide.
May I suggest that you look at doing wide-field photography first. It is simple, just piggyback the camera on top of your scope. You should be able to do 1 to 5 min exposures (film camera) with out guiding and get results the first time out.
Anthony
P.S. If you you plan to purchase a DSLR. The Canon EOS 350D can be controlled via computer using the software that comes with this camera. You will be able to focus the camera with this software by taking an image (which downloads to the computer via USB and then is displayed on the screen). To do this take an image, check to for correct focus, adjust focus, take another image, adjust focus until you get perfect focus. When it comes to taking an image you are limited to 30sec exposure but you are able to take multiple image which you can stack later on with Registax.