hey for anyone - say I am just looking at 2 scopes for the moment, the 8" and 10" skywatchers.
Do you think the EQ6 could handle the 10" photographically (assuming no wind - my backyard is very well shielded)? Or do you think the 8" would be safer.
The 8" is 1000mm and is $590. unsure of weight.
The 10" is 1200mm and is about $1150 i think. I think it is 14kg.
gotta run for the rest of the night happy new year guys
The 10" f/4.7 skywatcher is the same OTA as the one my new Saxon Dob. From what I've seen so far it has excellent optics, and it is very well made. The Dob cost me $800 from Telescope Shed so I would not pay $1150 just for the OTA. Mick Pinner has the OTA only version of the scope and he had a look at my Dob and said it is the exact same scope minus the Dob base. Would need a fairly hefty EQ mount to put it on.
well to guide with a scope that long you need aguide scope so go the 8 with the ed80 on as well. if you do the 10 you might need another way of guiding, like easy guider etc?
I have the 8" skywatcher on my EQ6 and have guided very successfully with it, I plan on putting an ED80 ontop of it when I get one, the mount will handle it fine, as for the 10" you may have small issues but I have heard of more weight being used on the EQ6 for visual... The 10" is a big tube.
Looking on the web, I can see you are spot on with this - but I'm not sure if that'll make a difference to the end price And I'm too much of a dummy to buy the dob, and put a dovetail on it.
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The 10" f/4.7 skywatcher is the same OTA as the one my new Saxon Dob. From what I've seen so far it has excellent optics, and it is very well made. The Dob cost me $800 from Telescope Shed so I would not pay $1150 just for the OTA. Mick Pinner has the OTA only version of the scope and he had a look at my Dob and said it is the exact same scope minus the Dob base. Would need a fairly hefty EQ mount to put it on.
hey h0ughy why wouldn't the ed80 be ok to guide it? I thought it would be ok as I can see guys with sct's using it to guide as well?
That said, the 8 is probably the most sensible
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
well to guide with a scope that long you need aguide scope so go the 8 with the ed80 on as well. if you do the 10 you might need another way of guiding, like easy guider etc?
I've got a twin dovetail plate thingy arriving that will let me run the scopes side by side rather than directly on top - would that help? I thought it would give it a better center of gravity.
What's a real scope I'm never going to spend 5-7k (and the rest) on a big refractor. Realistically it'd either be a sct or a reflector. The 8" reflector is only $590 though.
What's a real scope I'm never going to spend 5-7k (and the rest) on a big refractor. Realistically it'd either be a sct or a reflector. The 8" reflector is only $590 though.
hey ken it looked good initially but it got panned a bit earlier in thread. The 8" skywatcher f/5 is only $190 more and seems decent and as much as I'd like the 10 the 8" one prob makes sense.
I assume the shops are open tomorrow so i might find somewhere with them in stock and go look at the 8 and 10 side by side.
And I'm too much of a dummy to buy the dob, and put a dovetail on it. 
