Peter,
Thanks - I've enjoyed trying to capture the Triffid, Helix and Eagle in my second year of astrophotography. These targets are generally several arc minutes across. To go after really small targets I imagine alot of light grasp and precise tracking / guiding is needed. But say for faint targets in the 1 - 20 arc minutes field of view - if you already had a great mount - what would be your recommended OTA / CCD pairings at those price points please?
I doubt in the next 5 years my shots of the Lagoon will look like this -
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...rhaven_big.jpg (Fred, Martin and your shots alway amaze me!) but I'd love to know where to spend my $$$ if I get a windfall!
Matthew