I was reading up a bit about guidescope's and off axis guiders, pro's and cons etc. I was also reading about autoguiding but all the information on autoguiding seems to be relating to CCD's. Is it possible to do autoguiding and be using a DSLR?
Edit:
I was doing some more reading up, I think I may be a bit confused. The autoguider actually has it's own camera in it?
Edit 2:
I read up more again and now understand them a bit better.
When Looking at guidescopes and autoguiders though is there some rule of thumb that needs to be followed? I guess the biggest worry for me is with a lack of knowledge for the more advanced equipment I'm not sure whether everything is going to fit together.
Edit 3:
I've been looking at some more bits and bobs.
Was checking out the Skywatcher ED80:
http://www.skywatcher.com/swtinc/pro...1=1&class2=102
I was also looking at this autoguider over at Bintel:
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx not sure if it's any good or not, the reviews I have read seem to talk of it pretty highly.
I am quite stuck on the whole guidescope part though. Is there something specific I need to be looking for if I am wanting to capture images of DSO's?
Edit 4: I'm so sorry for all these edits! I was thinking possible instead of getting the autoguider by itself, there is a package at bintel with an ST80:
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx
Would that be sufficient for imaging DSO's?