|
Hi Markus
I’ve just started astrophotography recently after a year of visual with my 10” dob
I didn’t want to spend too much money so I put together a great little kit which gives me great all round imaging of stars, DSO’s , planets and moon
I have a Bintel 150mm F6 reflector OTA with some mods 8x50 RA finderscope and dual Crayford focuser approx $350
A Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Mount with power supply approx $1350
I am borrowing my wife’s Canon 600D DSLR $Nil
Adapters , Barlow and Powermate approx $650
As a visual scope it’s actually better than my 10” dob,really crisp views, 2 minutes to collimate
As an Astro scope it’s fantastic , I have imaged M42 , bright stars, clusters, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon
The specs for this scope mention it’s only useful for planetary and lunar imaging but I have imaged nearly everything in the sky which is in the capabilities of this scopes specs
I won’t be upgrading to a refractor for some time yet as the dollars don’t warrant me spending that type of money as a newbie to astrophotography
Hope the above is helpful
All the best
|