G'day,
I recently purchased an Orion XT8g from Bintel and am looking for some advice. A few years ago I had a very cheap 114mm Newtonian on an equatorial mount which I enjoyed for a while. So far I am disappointed with the focuser on the XT8g it's not very smooth and it seems I cannot use GOTO and autotracking at the same time. Also I only have a south to west view of the sky
I am thinking of buying a Canon 600D along with the Bintel variable projection camera adapter and EOS t-ring. I was wondering what I can expect from this and what else I may need? Ideally I would like to do automated scanning for asteroids if possible, is there software that does this? So far I only have the 28mm and 12.5mm eyepieces some came with the scope plus a 3x barlow and polarising filter.
I am just about to finish an introduction to astronomy class at uni and would like to learn more...