Of late all the focus and attention of those who like their imaging gear small (relatively) inexpensive and highly portable has been (deservedly) on the Vixen Polarie.
I have one and love it.
However, I have been having great fun with my Astrotrac which I find is really capable and ticks all the boxes (as far as I am concerned in terms of simplicity, lack of hassle and portability)
I have teamed the Astrotrac with a Borg 45ED (with a 0.8 focal reducer) and a Canon 450D. Occasionally, Ill just use the canon kit lens
I have two ED telescopes, two mounts a CG5 meant be the portable mount and an EQ6), two cooled QHY CCDs and for the past year have not touched any of these, so clearly I must like the Astrotrac. (and Polarie which I use when I cant use the Astrotrac for any reason
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I plan to image the Messier catalogue with the astrotrac, which given how infrequently I get out is a long term project.
Here are some results to date
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if you cant be bothered clicking on links here are are smaller images
any comments or feedback is welcome.
Narayan