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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Another alternative is to join your nearest Astro Society and borrow one of their loan scopes and see what suits you. Get along to a few open nights and see what others are using.
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Thanks again Janette, I actually got my first play with the camera under the stars tonight... took a bit of getting used to (and a little while to realise I still had it set to auto focus)... but I am suitably impressed by it's performance for the conditions (a fair bit of cloud cover). a 14.6 sec exposure at 3200 ISO 18mm focal length gave me some nice stars and even the roof of the garage nearby with nice clarity... just need some nice cloudless nights.
I also noticed recently that there is indeed an astro party planned for September at a dark site only 30 odd minutes from here so that might be something to look into.