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Originally Posted by Satchmo
I suggested that an off the shelf F4 or F5 Newt with a quality barlow lens for less than half the price would be worth looking at if you wanted to do some longer focal length imaging . If I was on a budget I certainly would.
As we speak I know of 3 high end rigs being constructed in this country using 12" to 14" Newts and high end cameras ( Paramounts, Asrophysics mounts , plus ST11000 cameras etc ) so
the image quality of well constructed coma corrected Newts as astrographs is not unknown amongst advanced astro-photographers.
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So correct me if I am wrong Mark but are you saying I can use a cheap newt and coma corrector to image as long as I put it on a 15 - 20K mount
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Mark