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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Er I dont think we are taking about the same eq5???
Must be the old ones... anyways I have one of them as well.
It works fairly well but we did a lot of work on it...,
if the one I have they come with crapy greese that needs to be removed and evrything polished... there are kits to bring these up to a better level.
Still it worked fair compared to the new eq6 which is miles ahead.. you could get one but I would say you wont get past photo tracking of 100 odd seconds,,It has been a while and I really worked hard to get that mount to track well,,, still for wide fields it will work ,,, if you do dont worry about the steel legs...you could not guide it manually because it was to jumpy if you tried to control it during a shot... so when I say 100 seconds that was just letting it run unguided... mounts have periodic error and the cheaper the greater the error... read up on that as well.
On the basis that no matter what we have we always want better and in an effor tto start maybe go with the 299 one... it will be good for visual and you will get short runs which you can stack.
The problem with mounts is any little problem is magnified as you go up in magnification..the mount above worked (just) with a 80 x 400 mm scope...not a high mag really.
Look at it this way maybe start with that one on the basis that if you like the game that you will want better.
Also remember that with stacking software you can take a series os short exposures ( I love doing 30 secs) ... have a look at Deep Sky Stacker on the net...in fact download it put you camera on a tripod (static) and take short exposures and stack them...
The problem with this game is no matter what you get you will want the next level up... I want a paramount mount I dont know what they cost these days but maybe $20,000 or more...goggle them and have a look and see what is out there...just in case you win lotto
When you start the main thing that will drive you crazy is getting the mount correctly polar aligned so start reading up on that also.
Have a go at some static tripod shots and deep sky stacker,
I hate to recomend not to buy or to buy the mount you posted.. it will get you started and you will learn... maybe as I said see how you go and get something better latter... if I knew what I was doing at the start I would have gone straight to an eq6 frankly...but I did not have that sortta cash then...
Sorry if that sounds confusing but hang in there,
alex
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Thank you for very good explanation.
I believe HEQ5 from Skywatcher would give reasonable results in comparison to eq5 (please correct me if I'm wrong)
After processing all the information provided by this great forum I kind of came to a conclusion.
I'll get Bintel 8" Dob for viewing then maybe try to buy a seconhand HEQ5 or EQ6 and use it with my Nikon D50 (70-300 lens). Then eventually get refractor to use for Astrophotography