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Originally Posted by koputai
It's almost time to buy a better mount (to get into astrophotography)
and I'm weighing up the contenders.
imaging scope I'll use my existing 8 inch Newt for a while, then go to
either a VC200L or a 130mm-ish refractor. Camera, possibly a DSI III Pro
initially, then something like a QHY-8 or similar.
I'm pretty sure any of the above mounts would carry this load quite well,
so is it worth going with a Losmandy over the EQ6?
Cheers,
Jason.
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i use exactly what you have in mind, ( 132mm refractor, 80mm guidescope plus qhy8) i chose the G11 and still would, the adage you get what you pay for rings true generally.
ron wodowski is pretty much commenting on the very top end for mounts, note the book is a few years old now and autoguiding is very sophisticated, i might agree with him if you are shooting at huge F/L then by all means get a paramount or similar, but at around 1000mm i dont think that is a concern.