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Old 25-03-2008, 10:21 PM
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You will find imaging though a 10 SCT a very large challenge no matter what mount you use unless you are prepared to spend some serious bucks. My suggestion would be to look for a scope with a focal length of no more than 1000mm to start with. Even this will be challenging. A recommended starting setup for someone new to astrophotography is an ED80 refractor, Canon DSLR, HEQ5 or EQ6, 60 or 70 mm guidescope and guiderings and ToUcam, DMK21 (for autoguiding and Solar System imaging) or similar.

This is a very popular starting kit and will allow you to capture stuff that will blow you away. Apart from the EQ6 (I used a Losmandy) these images were taken with exactly the above mentioned equipment.
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