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Originally Posted by Jazza
Deep space *grins* I know it's expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford both a scope and the imaging equipment at the same time but if possible it'd be good to have a platform that would let me do it when the time came...
Seing as imaging is mostly about the mount... am I making any sense here?  |
what sort of $$$ are you looking to spend
probably the most common mount here is the eq6 which will easily mount a 8 inch plus guidescope, ezystyles has a 10 inch on his, iceman has a 12 inch but only for planetary as far as i can gather.
eq5 is smaller but can take good pics i think dugnsuz just souped his up and it works remarkably well.
going up in price losmandy make good mounts gm8 and g11, the g11 will take a 12 inch plus guidescope.... only just. have a look at images submitted in the deepsky section and see what equipment they use and judge for yourself.
guys like jase and strongman mike and dietmar are in a leaugue of their own unless you have cash to spare or can rent a scope ....
you could buy a dob and later mount it lots of choices most imagers seem to start with a small refractor like an ed80.
bye for now.