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Originally Posted by Eggmoon
Hi all,
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so not going to be buying high end cameras with my small amount of spare cash, so the need for perfect autoguiding isnt there, and my scope is an 8" SCT, so not going to be looking at the very faintest and smallest objects.
Basically want something that just does the job well enough for my amatuer / enthusiast / dabbler status. Orion, Rosette, Andromeda, Horsehead, things like that are on my target list.
So... an off axis, or a seperate guidescope? Who wins?
Geoff.
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IMHO, neither is really needed with your scope, with camera in the prime focus, for exposures up to 30 sec or so...
However, you will need to align it properly (EQ, not AltAz as I supposed it is now, judging from what I found on google on this model) to avoid field rotation.