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Originally Posted by Starkler
Reality check time.
I personally think that anyone recommending a package containing an eq5 mount or lesser to carry a scope for astrophotography is wasting your money on something you will quickly want to dispose of and upgrade once you start dabbling in AP and discover how limiting and frustrating its shortcomings are.
HEQ5 minimum, and thats to carry a small scope.
Now once you price in what a workable mount for AP costs, you have two choices, treble your budget, or use your existing budget to get the best visual bang for the buck you can get.... ie a dobsonian.
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You are in reality, correct, but one doesn't have to take super duper astro images either. A cheaper mount/scope will still let you take images, they just won't be super great due to the limitations of the gear. I don't think the OP realises how much work goes into making great astro images. It's not a matter of snap, all done. Hours and hours making subs, then stacking them, then PP in Photoshop etc. That's if you're serious about it all. As long as the OP realises he'll get OK, but not great images with a basic and cheaper setup, that's OK.
If the OP wants to do it on the cheap, and expects super performance, then he's in for a real reality check and disappointment (not to mention frustration) imho.
Too many people get a cheap telescope on a whim, expect miracles, and then get greatly disappointed with it all and pack the hobby in. That's the sad truth of it.
Dave