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What Would You Put on an MEII?
OK, my MEII will arrive any day now and naturally I will set it up with my TEC140. Someday, perhaps sooner than later I want to put a larger scope on this mount. But what if say the budget is around 15-18K? New, used?
I have to say that I currently favour galaxy imaging, but I also love the wide field views that I see in Mike's images. He seems to get the best of both words with his AG12. I would consider the AG16 but I have some concerns about the stability of the focusing system even with the additional ring support and my other concern is the somewhat limited back focus. For example it would be impossible to use an ONAG. And then my current cameras are not great choices for very long FL (a Trius and G2-8300).
So, what else should I ponder that would be faster than F7 and perhaps not as fast as F3.8, has good back focus, perhaps not over 2000 mm fl, and that I could enjoy for a while without buying another camera and Atlas focuser, and is of course great optically. Ha ha, this is probably impossible!!! But Thanks.
Peter
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