Welcome,
best suggestion from me ( a dob owner) is to see if you can make it too snake valley this friday - mon. We have a 4 day camp with 40 odd guys and girls and scopes. Will be a great time to have a hands on look and test drive so to speak.
Best thread i have read lately on the ed80
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=4552
here is a retailer that has just opened up
http://www.myastroshop.com.au/produc...asp?id=MAS-058
and have a look at what chris venter shot with a ed80. please be sitting down and i insist that when you pick yourself off the floor, you take a few minutes before rushing out the door to buy one.
I bought a dob and love it, but when i saw this image, i suddenly wanted a second scope!!!
quote:
"The ED80 is awesome for astro imaging. I would suggest you save a little bit extra and get it as a package with the new HEQ5 Mount that comes with Skyscan and higher quality worm gears.
As an example of the image quality, I took this with my 300D DSLR and ED80 last year.
Higher res version here:
http://www.dslrfocus.com/M42.jpg
You wont be sorry with that little scope. Its pretty darn nice to look though too
Best Regards
Chris Venter"