I've been wandering around this site for a while, but just decided to join now. In December i decided to get myself a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ. It was great and all, but I wanted to do more. I purchased that mainly because i wanted to learn to navigate manually, which i think is important for any beginner.
Lately i was thinking of going further with this hobby - not now, but perhaps later this year. I am going to get a decent DSLR camera soon, and was hoping i can use it for beginner astrophotography too. So i am looking for a telescope that can (1) mount the dslr and take sky photos, (2) can connect/control to my computer, (3) possibly bit smaller so it's easy to take outside.
Any thoughts? I don't have a budget in mind yet, as I am still looking for the usual range. TIA. This site is wonderful.
Spacezebra has a nice package for beginners. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=92453 ED80 is very forgiving on DSLR. Search under pixel size v focal length to get some ideas.
The only thing is her mount is not computerised. Search the forum, there are many discussions re the importance of a good mount. A HEQ5 or an EQ6 is the minimum and there are lots of support for both mounts.
Bo
Thank you for the responses. The 80ED refractor and the mount looks exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the links too. Hopefully there will be available second-hand equipment around Brisbane once i'm ready to purchase.
