G'day again. Thanks for you stuff!
I woke up thismorning with a question. Sure, if I get this scope and mount all seems well. But, what additional equipment do you need for astrophotography? I presume a camera of some sort? Webcam, software etc etc etc. How much extra dosh would I be forking out to take photos through this scope?
I originally started this thread expecting to pay $800. But then it quickly went toup $1400. And now additional dosh for astro exquipment could take it past $2000 possibly? Geez...
Perhaps I should do all this in stages. Maybe the best thing is to buy a dobsonian first, then later buy the mount when I collect enough paychecks, then buy the photo equipment. I'm not sure if I can do it all in one hit
Well, this brings me to an important question here. If I'm only going to get a dob now, then I might as well get a 10 inch dob and not an 8 inch. A 10 inch in the short term would deliver many more things for observational astronomy, plus in the long term would be much better for astrophotography - or so I think anyway. As I'll buy the mount later, I can gradually save the money to do so, plus get all the photo equipment later too. My concern though is that the 10 inch is 1.2m long, slightly longer than the 8 inch 1m version. Does anyone have one? What is the exact length and can it fit in a small car boot? And from what I hear I'd need to get an HEQ6 mount, not a HEQ5. How much money does a HEQ6 mount go for these days? And is the weight similar to a HEQ5 or massively larger? And is it longer?
I need to work out if a 10 inch would be practical considering my needs. Is it just too big or is it managable?
My head is hurting again...
