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Thank you
Thank you again for the informative posts. I will read and re-read to gain as much as I can. To say money is no object is to a point. I have a budget of $20k to $30k for a portable setup. Where we currently live is in a forest between Emerald and Cockatoo in Victoria. It is my our wish to move out of the forest in the next couple of years and non-portable setup will be the dream observatory. At the moment this is not the case as we wait the sale of my Dad's old house.
We do suffer a reasonable amount of sky glow from Melbourne, there was a time when I could make out six stars in the Pleiades though now that is best four or five on a good night. I plane to use one of the local football fields or travel to either dark sky sight that the Astronomical Society of Victoria has at Heathcote or the the odd trip to Swan Hill to see the relatives.
Being a dissatisfied owner of a C8 I wanted less smudge and more contrasty images and stars as tight little balls. As much as I like deep sky, I just see the size of transporting a scope of this size that is necessary being cumbersome at the least. I found driving a 10" dob the other night as fidgety. Focusing was an issue. Possibly there are better focusers around.
Thank you for the reports on the mounts. I do not know if a Tak Em 400 Temma2 is portable or not. I will no do some research on the Software Bisque PMX. My prime objective is to have good images of the planets whilst making for any aperture shortfall by taking pics for a coffee table book.
As one post mentioned I have to decide whether I require a portable or fixed mount. At the moment it is portable though this could change in a couple to a few years. This is something I will have to ponder some more. From what has been said I have gleaned a few ideas and noteworthiness of some instruments and their mounts.
Thank you. Please keep the posts coming.
Paul.
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