|
Looking at your list, if your not time pressured, i would wait for the next Andrews 10% off sale ( which happens several times a year). Your showing Andrews EQ8 mount head price so i assume you plan to buy from them. If i was buying the RC and that mount i would like to save $850 by waiting a bit. I doubt that any exchange rate is going to clobber that discount at this point in the cycle. Who know, spending that much, Luke may give you the discount anyway - can't hurt to ask. Your going to need a pier, how are you planning for that, its not on your list? Even if building one in concrete you will need pier top adaptors, or DIY. That saved $850 could pay for that.
Have a think about guiding that RC, at that focal length your guide scope is a bad choice. Consider guiding off the RC light path, an Off axis guider adaptor is available for that camera. With your budget i would consider one of the cameras that provide self guiding capability built in. There are a few that provide pick off prior to the filter, and other designs. But that is just my opinion i have no direct experience with these cameras.
Good luck
Last edited by glend; 27-02-2017 at 08:01 AM.
|