As my knowledge has slowly grown over the last couple of years, I've been slowly setting up a "family" of scopes for my RO obs here in Brisbane, in time for the coming dry season, all for imaging via my QHY8 and DSI III OSC cameras. Not into visual, as I'm 67 and my eyes are lousy. Indeed, the whole thing is just a "computer geek" hobby for me. Not trying to win the Hubble award.
My concept, as a modest amateur setup to perch on my LAN'd EQ6 EQdir'd ADM all-Losmandy S by S pier mount is:
1 - C8 SCT + 3.3 + 6.3 FR's, eventually with Hyperstar, for planetary and (HS) Nebula/DSO
2 - SW BD f5 8"/1000mm Newt + MPCC for Gen Purp astro use.
3 - WO Megrez 80mm f7 triplet apo + FFIII for guidescope and some widefield, etc
I'm getting ready to sell a lot of the scopes and other items I've collected over the last two years of learning. One of these is a virtually unused Skywatcher Black Diamond 100x900mm f9 refractor . I also have an EQ5 goto on which it would sit well.
My question is: since I have an 8" f5 1000mm Black Diamond Newt with MPCC, do I achieve anything in imaging by keeping this refractor? I can't see any reason, but don't want to sell it then regret it.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
