Hi Yall:
I'm trying to do astrophotography and need to learn about the finer things
like even guiding and stuff / because now I've got my wonderful new Nikon D800
DSLR camera at 36 megapixels and feel I need a newer nicer bigger scope than
my older 10" Meade LX200GPS.
However I'm perplexed because I only have ~$200 to spend now. And only receive ~$700 per month on which most it takes to live on and no job.
Also I don't know if I'd like to build my own. I'd really love to build from
a bare blank the whole thing mirror and all. And one time tried with out
success building a 20" F5 Newt reflector.
PS: it would be nice too if it could all fit into a 10'X10'X6' roll-off-roof.
So please consider that.
Too I'm kind of spoiled
by my LX200GPS in all its deluxe features.
Like if I were to buy a Meade Lightbridge 16" there wouldn't be
any tracking motor. And would need to put it on a ~44 degree wedge
for this latitude to point north. Any ideas if I went this way? and rig
up it's own track motor to lengthen the timed exposure my ND800 could
do on it?
PS does anyone know why my Nikon D800 doesn't make the image always
look too good, like out-of-focus look; someone once told me that with
the higher res it needed better lenses?
DaveWilliamStar@live.com
Thanks.