[TheCrazedLog]

Hey all:

I'm considering very hard the Celestron C8-SGT on the CG5, but as always with me, I had made up my mind and then went "uhh... am I sure?"

Objectives:
- Portable. I need to use it and whack it in the back of a plane
- A good mount. The CG5 I'm not sure about. Anyone used it? Could it take the C8 and a guidescope and related crap and be chunky enough to do DSO photos?
- Good for visual on DSO (reluctant to go below 8")
- 3 grand budget.
- Being able to put a BT-252 10" dob on the mount (sans the dob mount of course...) would be an added bonus.

Would you go for a Eq6 with a BD mak 6", an Eq5 with a BD mak 6", or the C8 on the C5? Any experience with any of these bits would be awesome.

As far as I can tell, the only real difference between a mak and a sgt is that one has a long focal length and gives you slightly better contrast.

Thanks

Anthony