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Hmm, ok, thanks Brendan and Paul,
OK, the bent of my post is leaning toward AP, since I have been doing purely visual and some pretty crappy attempts at AP with the LE webcam so I think the Goto and tracking of an EQ mount would give me the next step to try using the 130mm with the Toucam to see if the better tracking and EQ gives me some results without breaking the bank or overcapitalising on something that I end up getting dismal results from (or lose interest in)
IF I go to the dark side, then I suspect the first stop would be something like an HEQ5 or EQ6 as I have read enough here in 2 years to know its MOUNT MOUNT MOUNT! BUT, I dont want to spend all my money on the mount and have nothing to effectively put on it. The SW135 tube is OK for visual, but with the built in barlow/correcto may be screwy for AP. Certainly this was the case for planetary. Therefore I assume putting the ED100 on it would give me a quality scope for deep sky AP. Unfortunately the Older ED80's seem to be unavailable as I dont want to spend $899 on the BD ED80 when I can get the ED100 Gold one for the same price?
I like the moniker "good results from modest equipment" such as my dob nudge planet shots, but need to weigh this up against the frustration/convenience factor of having goto with adequate tracking for AP.
I think this might then boil down to whether the Ioptron mounts are good enough for basic to mid level results for AP, something JJJ may know as I think she had a cube and a mini tower in the past?
Too much money spent now may end up annoying me if I lose interest or find "its not enough" to get some results of any worth.
Doesnt really answer the question I think....
Cheers
Chris
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