mangrovedutch
10-01-2011, 11:51 PM
G'day All, Bit the bullet today and spend more than I originally planned :shrug:, but hey you get that. Like Leeroy in the previous post, "what scope to buy?" has been on my brain constantly for the last 3-4 weeks (this rain is driving me mad). I had finally come to the conclusion that it was going to be a Celestron 8" on an EQ5 mount for Astrophotography with my 550D, countless hours frying my brain on the net searching for information, and having spoken to quite a few different people, including Mark (mch62) on this forum- thank you for giving me some good advice mate, you could have had me for $3k, but instead made me think a little harder :thanx:.
Anyway, out of Sirius Optics I walked today, with scope and mount - A Skywatcher ED120 refractor on HEQ5 mount with the 5,10,15,28 and 40mm eyepieces, a Barlow 2X and T adapter and ring to suit Canon EOS :screwy:. What happened? I was led to believe that Cassegrain scopes were the Ducks nuts for photography, and my bigger is better attitude :D, had me convinced until the real question came up and the answer was simple. I am a novice at this and my primary objective is Astrophotography - both Planets and deep space, secondary was entertaining my kids. At the end of the day, I have exactly what I need, with a 5 year warranty on the OTA and mount to boot.
So, in short, @#&% off rain, watch out SAS - here I come :hi:. My original 100 questions have transformed into 1000 questions. A hearty thank you to many that have helped me in my quest, in particular Mark (mch62), Steve (SteveInNZ) and Baz (ASIGN Observatory). I am officially a Space Cadet, and so keen to get going. Now I just have to work out how to use it all :sadeyes:.
Regards, Dutch
Anyway, out of Sirius Optics I walked today, with scope and mount - A Skywatcher ED120 refractor on HEQ5 mount with the 5,10,15,28 and 40mm eyepieces, a Barlow 2X and T adapter and ring to suit Canon EOS :screwy:. What happened? I was led to believe that Cassegrain scopes were the Ducks nuts for photography, and my bigger is better attitude :D, had me convinced until the real question came up and the answer was simple. I am a novice at this and my primary objective is Astrophotography - both Planets and deep space, secondary was entertaining my kids. At the end of the day, I have exactly what I need, with a 5 year warranty on the OTA and mount to boot.
So, in short, @#&% off rain, watch out SAS - here I come :hi:. My original 100 questions have transformed into 1000 questions. A hearty thank you to many that have helped me in my quest, in particular Mark (mch62), Steve (SteveInNZ) and Baz (ASIGN Observatory). I am officially a Space Cadet, and so keen to get going. Now I just have to work out how to use it all :sadeyes:.
Regards, Dutch