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?
PPS: my Nikon D800 has that out-of-focus look on most of its images.
Some say that it needs better lenses?
Thanks.