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What do you guys think of this.
I buy the HEQ5 Pro mount and use it to mount my dslr for widefield stuff still. plenty of things to image at 250mm FL with my lens.
I'm also looking at getting a 50mm guidescope with helical focuser and the ZWO ASI290MC camer for autoguiding the dslr and planetary imaging.
I already have an 8 inch reflector (f5 i think). Its a bit old but would suffice for visual. And I can try my hand at planetary imaging with the ASI290MC. (I can image planets from home so having the larger scope on the HEQ5 will be more manageable given my backyard is quite protected from the wind and neighbouring lights.
how important is autoguiding for planetary imaging? I'm thinking its probably not 100% necessary given we stack thousands of frames to make up planetary images?
And in the future I'll keep an eye out for a used 80mm Apo or something when I want to take the next step.
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