What do you think of these two ?

Stu Ward · #1 09-08-2010, 04:34 PM

Bintel have these on Special atm.
Anyone use them and have a review ?

Celestron C8 SGT
Celestron NGT 10 - This one is massively discounted, but i'm guessing its really old stock

Stu

multiweb (Marc) · #2 09-08-2010, 05:58 PM

The NGT 10" newt is a very good rig for astrophoto. You'll need a coma corrector. It's also much heavier than the other one but I'd still go for it. I actually very nearly bough one last year.

Stu Ward · #3 10-08-2010, 07:01 AM

Thats got me tempted now !!!!

So apart from the coma corrector ( and a camera for the smart arses !!

) is there anything else i would need for AP ?

And if you don't mind me asking why would i need a coma corrector ?

I also heard that its all in the mount, is this mount up to the job ?

Thanks

Stu

mithrandir (Andrew) · #4 10-08-2010, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu Ward

I also heard that its all in the mount, is this mount up to the job ?

Both of these are on a CG5 mount. I've never been able to get my CG5 to track for long exposures with a my C8. The Newt might do better with its shorter focal length. You could get the NGT 10 OTA and a EQ5PRO Synscan for not too much more.