[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Another 9x50 guider you can modify as a finder/guider. Then you can use your 8" Newt for DSO imaging. Can be a bit of faffing around, but some people say you can get the odd decent image

Of course you'd still have to figure out how to spend the $1000 you'd save, and also find some way to use up the spare imaging time when your larger faster newt sucks down light 2 or 3 times faster than the refractor

Rob, an 8" Newt on an EQ6 is my current setup for deep sky imaging. I am using my 60mm as I had this spare but have certainly considered modifying another finderscope to act as guidescope. Do people get pictures equal to that of a larger focal length guidescope?