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Old 29-04-2010, 05:35 PM
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Newtonian power! Love it!

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the other tried and true method is go along to a group. there are bucketloads of them around, sit with some of the astrophotographers and see what they are doing how they are doing it and ask some questions.

as a minimum if you do want to get into astrophotography a EQ6 or at a real bare bare minimum HEQ5. they allow connectivity to a PC which is what you need (guiding, capture, focusing ect all go though).

also as a starter a little ED80+ conversion of the finder into a guider is a unreal setup. youll spend more time taking images and processing decent data than you will smashing your face into a wall in desperation!
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