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Old 18-01-2012, 12:42 PM
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Octane (Humayun)
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Go the ACF 10" on the EQ6. Sounds good. You'll need an autoguider and a guidescope. A short tube ST80 for a couple of hundred bucks will do the trick.

Or, go the off-axis guider route. Bit finicky, but, gives results.

I used to image with an LX90 8" on a wedge, with an ED80 as a guidescope. Oh, the gear slippage! It was a right royal pain.

No doubt the 10"/12" gears would be more robust than the 8".

I do miss the aperture. Perhaps, one day...

But, for now, nothing beats my FSQ-106N for a pristine, flat field that completely illuminates a 35mm sensor. A joy to use.

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