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Thanks Mike and Dave,
Sounds like I can learn from your experience Mike, spooky that you have had ALL of the items I have or am thinking of....
I forgot about the 8 inch reflector on the EQ mount, substantially lower cost, obviously the bigger aperture would give more details etc against the relative complications of collimation and tube cooling.
Now, there are some Black Diamond 8 inch and 10 inch on HEQ5 pros for $1349 and $1549 respectively, not sure if the 10 inch would be too much for the 14kg rated on the HEQ5?
The age old question of do I then go to the EQ6 for $1599? (with 10 inch BD for $2149???
I suppose I should ask the question of the pros of an ED100 over a 8-10 inch reflector (if any)
I suppose right now, my instinct would be for the BD250 10 inch on the HEQ5 Pro for $1549. Right on the money and then (because the missus said I can go to $2K if needed - woohoo) some change left over for say an MPCC? (or something else perhaps, like a small guidescope for the Toucam) This would mean using the 1000D as the primary camera for AP and the Toucam as the guider with a cheap 80mm or even the SW135 (although its F7) as the guidescope? Or even a DBK21 for imaging? Atik 16ic is $549 too???
Oh man, the questions just keep coming....
Sorry.
Chris
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