Thanks for that Greg, i would also intend on imaging. The GSO focusser could be upgraded and you would still have a bucket load of cash left over from a Planewave ... Has anyone had a go at one of the new truss RC GSO's ? any good?
i have a 10" newtonian GSO and i have been really disappointed in its planetary imaging capabilities. it might be something that i am doing but for the life of me i am unable to resolve any detail of note.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
For visual of for imaging?
I have Planewave for imaging and have had a Meade scope. Not had a GSO.
From what I can tell - GSO have good optics but poor focusers etc. So if you spend the time upgrading them you can have a nice imaging machine. RCs are not great for visual.
Meade are mostly SCTs which are good for visual and planetary imaging. Not so great for imaging due to mirror flop. Also they tend to have largish stars in the image and a small corrected circle for the camera so only smallish cameras work with them.
Planewave is more high end optimised for imaging and they are very good. The promo says they are good for visual. I have a 17 inch and only looked through it a few times and it was not a good view. They show up the seeing more and perhaps the seeing was bad at the time.
Greg.
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