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Originally Posted by kkara4
I havent looked into dedicated astrographs, I wonder if that is a route worth considering given that the camera will essentially be the eyepiece...hmm
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Yep, CCD does have a big impact on the final result. You'll also need to deal with the mono V colour issue. Many buy one shot colour and regret it because it precludes more complex imaging, Tri-colour, LRGB for example. Mono's more versitile in the end but you have to get a filter system at some point ... ah more $$.
You are correct in that newt's are physically bigger with issues around balance as well as size.
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Originally Posted by kkara4
I really think I want to avoid a Newtonian, primarily due to the sheer size of it to meet my requirements. This will mean I will just look at it, and not ever use it. The same will happen if whatever I buy weighs as much as me. And that would be the worst buy ever since it would basically be a several thousand dollar display piece!
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ah ha. Been looking at boxes for over a year. Very wise move
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Originally Posted by kkara4
The G11 looks great, I think with the G2 version ill be blowing the budget though. I guess I have to decide on whether go to is really important or not to me. One feature I like is the ability to control the scope by ethernet/internet with the Gemini system though, that is awesome. I wonder if people on the other side of the world would be able to control it that would be pretty cool!
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One of the biggest mistakes newbies make is under-rating the importance of a good mount. Spend a fortune on any OTA and whack it on something dodgy and you'll regret it terribly. Conversely, a good mount will make a less than ideal OTA better to use. I'd rather a 80mm refractor on a SB MX than a TAK 150 on an eq6. I finally entered the PME set last year. It meant I could not afford to set it up straight away but the payback will be in the fact that I wont need another mount, ever.
Goto is not so important and until relatively recently, (20 years ago), goto was not available. We went "star hopping" However, tracking accuracy is paramount and a good G11 does that well. Yes, you can use it over the net, world wide.
A G11 at Bintel is about $5k but you can get them second hand cheaper:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=118101 (Good price @ $2800 if the tripod is with it) Same applies to the C9.25; they come up occassionally.
You might ask some questions of the owner or advertise in the wanted section for a G11. They come up surprisingly often.