[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Under discussion today was .........
"What is the optimum amount of equipment needed to start taking good basic images eg m42, m45, m8 etc?"

This was the list we came up with.

HEQ5Pro
Imaging scope ed80
Guide scope
Guide camera
Imaging camera DSLR
Laptop
Processing software eg cs3 or pixinsight
Reticle
Dew Control
SBS plate
Power supply (mount and dew control)
USB port
USB ext lead
Filters (light pollution)
Field Flattener
Batteries for camera or 240 power supply

This lots ends up costing around about $7000 new.