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Old 12-08-2013, 11:14 AM
DJT (David)
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Originally Posted by rmuhlack View Post
I should have mentioned that I do all of my deep sky imaging now with the VC200L using both a Canon 1000D (with 5.7micron pixels) and the Vixen f6.4 reducer. This gives me an image scale of ~0.91 arcsecs per pixel - probably still a little over sampled, but still workable.

I must admit that I missed the mention of the 60Da in the original post. I agree that a 60Da is not a good match with a VC200L at the native focal length (in fact the 60Da is not a good match to any of the long FL scopes that have been mentioned in this thread). I have found the VC200L with focal reducer to be a good setup for imaging, but agree that you need to have the right camera to suit.
Hi Richard and John
Good comments coming out here, am learning which is always a good thing. I looked at quite a few images and yup, the spikes really are going to get to me so looks like the vixen will be a pass. (thats just a personal preference thing)

On the imaging scale though I will need to do more reading up as I am not knowledgable in this area so thanks for the heads up, both of you. theres a lot to consider and knowing all the constraints (environment, equipment, etc) is really important so I dont stuff up my next purchase.

Theres no rush

Thanks for all the input
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