Sounds like the best setup. SCTs are not the best astrographs. They are typically very long focal length. They typically give images with bloated stars. The Alt Az mounts they are often sold with are very poor trackers. Its highly unlikely you would be able to do long exposure photography with one. I could not even get round stars with a DSLR and lens piggybacked onto an LX90 Meade Alt Az.
The Edge Celestron models and the ACR Meade models are more designed to be suitable for astrophotography.
Skywatcher sells several mounts and offer the best bang for buck.
If its mainly astrophotography you want to do an 8 or 11 inch RASA on a Skywatcher mount is one of the hot astrophotography setups these days.
Also very suitable for one of these small CMOS cameras like a ZWO ASI1600. Prices for these cameras are falling as newer models with better specs are out now and more coming. So you can get a bargain. There's one in the classifieds right now.
Greg.
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Originally Posted by AstroJunk
Edge HD optics are a class above so if its going to be a long term investment, I'd start there (and mount it on an AZEQ6).
I'm a fan of bigger is better, but the 9.25" is much more manageable than the 11" and has all the resolution and aperture needed for visual Lunar and Planetary work, and enough grunt to enjoy DSO's from a decent site.
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