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Old 09-04-2008, 08:52 PM
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What size lenses do you have, with 50mm you can shoot wide field shots - constellations, LMC & SMC, I have a 135mm prime and can fit the sth cross in (but its a small constellation).

Once you want to do deep sky - dso, probably will nedd 300mm lens

I think the the most common mount would be the heq5 - which can be had at the minute for about $1000, search for the thread on heq5 in equipment discussions. This is essentially a telescope mount though - I have seen a camera only track mount from a HK dealer, send me a message if you want the website

To get any detail you'll need the mount to track & the camera will probably need a bulb, to get long exp, not many just shoot 30sec frames, but exposure for some minutes
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