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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yes and also check out Lee Borsboom's gallery he used an 8" F4.5 Newt, the camera you use is part of the equation too, small pixels are common in cameras now and make imaging small objects, at shorter FL's, very viable. Good luck with your journey 
Mike |
Mike
I checked Lee’s rig out
8” f4.5 Scope is carbon fibre with high end optics $2,500
Mesh 200 friction drive mount $12,000
Plus he’s using a great Mono camera with smaller sensor and small pixels ZWOASI183MM 2.4uM pixels
His equipment is on the higher end side and camera is better suited to galaxy imaging, his resulting galaxy images are top of the shelf stuff for sure, incredible !!!
My 8” rigs a bit of an all rounder with big APS C sensor and bigger pixels plus colour , so I struggle with some of the dimmer galaxies , but you do your best with what equipment you have
Maybe an alternative mono camera for galaxy imaging is in order for next year ??
Cheers
Martin