Thanks for the replies
Rob
Sorry I should of mentioned in my first post I have 10 x 50 binos, planisphere and a red led torch and you make a good point about wide angle lens I hadn't thought of that.
Mike
I got my Tasco from a National Geographic Shop after a lot of pleading from my daughter. (please dad pleeeeeeeeease I'll go you halves) I don't regret getting it even though looking around since I could of gotten better, I probably would of put off getting a scope again.
The mount is only an EQ1 so it wobbles and shakes all over the place but after reading the instructions it was fairly easy to set up and use.
I've already tried astrophotography. I glued a 20mm connector for pvc pipe on the front of an old quickcam express I had lying around and took a couple of pics of the moon. It only has a cmos so the were of low quality but it was fun
I've got 6mm 9mm 15mm and 32mm plossls and a 2x barlow with a moon filter and some colour filters as well.
Portability is not a problem as we have a 4 wheel drive.
Damn aperture fever is a bugger isn't it? My heart says 10" but my head says 8"
