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Originally Posted by Somnium
The sbig Stt 8300 has the option to go for a self guided filter wheel, meaning it has a small ccd before the filters that can guide. With this option there is no need for another oag or guide camera. Keep in mind though if your first go at astrophotographers is shooting at long focal length with a mono ccd and self guided camera there is a lot of learning to do. This is definitely jumping into the deep end of astronomy. Not impossible but there will do many frustrating nights ahead. You should also think about the type of targets you want to image and what field of view your scope and ccd will give. If you want to image say the Orion Nebula then the set up you are talking about will require you to stitch quite a few images together in a mosaic .
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Thanks Aidan. I am absolutely expecting a lot of frustration - if it all gets to me I can always piggy back my DSLR onto the scope and take some less frustrating shots
! I don't mind learning the hard way - lots of frustration makes you work out how it all needs to work. I know that the FOV is going to be very small, so mosaics are going to be necessary - I am familiar with them from terrestrial imaging but not for astro. I am going to try some high res lunar landscapes and see how I go with mosaics with them before trying anything further out. I have sent an email to Advanced Telescope Supplies for some further info on sbig CCD - I can't find many Australian suppliers? Are you (or anyone else reading this) aware of any with a website I could look through and contact as needed?