[coldlegs (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by DiamondDust

Ski pants and thermal underwear

The ski pants are a good idea but the rellies would stir me crazy if I wore thermals!!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I'd go an SBIG ST8300 and filter wheel plus narrowband filters.

Scope could be a number of refractors around 100mm and an ED doublet or triplet.

I think Orion was advertising an ED triplet 102 for a good price.

You could go 2nd hand from Astromart to get even more value for money.

Here's a couple:
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=727102
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=726545

Greg.

Camera's a possibility but I'm thinking I need a narrower field of view to combat light pollution. Never been to astromart! Interesting place. Thanks

Originally Posted by Merlin66

Why not cut your losses and come over to the "rainbow" side - invest in a grating spectroscope and see what the stars are all about!

To be honest, that has crossed my mind but for now it's DSOs.

Originally Posted by blink138

theres an orion ed 120 a couple of columns down for sale at an amazing price
pat

Yes they are getting cheaper but still need more photons!!

Originally Posted by allan gould

Go for a used QHY8 camera. Best bang for buck out there and both Peter_4059 and I image from 5 Km from Brisbane central with a lot of light pollution. We don't use filters but shoot normally 5-15 min subs with no I'll effects. Have a look at our recent efforts. Don't waste money on filters as they just block the light and add a bad colour cast.
Just my 2 cents.

Like the camera. Who sells it in australia??