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Well i'd like a goto scope for visual observing and except for the smaller models of these 2 these are the only ones in about the price range i'm after.
I'm looking at spending under $2000. Both these seem good for visual viewing so i figure even if they don't meet my photographic needs it wont be a total waste of money.
I was planning on getting one of these then when I had the money if I was still as interested in astronomy and astro-photgraphy look at getting something or serious like an 8" LX90 or even an LX200.
Ideally i'd like to do deepspace photography but I know I wont get anything for it under $2000 so i'm looking at just lunar and planetary photography as well as some star clusters etc.
I really liked taking photos of the moon with my reflector but on some nights the exposure needed to be 1/200th and with the scope stationary this was just slow enough to produce an unsharp image so I was hoping that either of these scope in polar alignment on tracking i'd be able to go down to even 1/500th and still get a nice sharp image of the moon.
So I guess speaking photographically i'm looking at the telescope as just a longer lens but one with tracking so i'm able to take photos of saturn etc and not just the moon.
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