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Originally Posted by rolls05
Thanks Laurie, In that case I'd want the pro and what I hearing is i want the heq5 . I'll never be able to afford all the big gear folk use ,guiders large ota's etc. or in fact really want it all. I started off thinking a polarie would be nice for my camera and 300mm lens,but thought I may like a small refractor (80ed) to go with the camera. That would mean I'd need an eq mount. But surely an eq3 goto would be sufficient if I dont intend to use more than small refractor and dslr unguided . Just trying to keep my costs down is all. Cheers.
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I just have an EQ3 Pro, Rolls. I have a North Group 102mm apo for visual work and lunar/planetary photography, and the mount seems very steady with that weight on it (maybe 6Kg), and I have a Stellarview 80mm ED that I want to do some wide field deep sky imaging when I eventually get a camera for it.
Someone was posting deep sky images using an EQ3 just a few days ago, and it seemed to be working well for him-you can probably find his posts in beginner astrophotography.
I bought an Orion Miniguider and QHY5 autoguider-not much weight there. Anyway I will try it and hopefully it will be ok-if not I will buy a bigger mount-trouble is I am getting too old to lug heavy stuff around!
