Your Opinions would be welcomed

"Odysseus" wrote in message
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Paul Lawler wrote:

"Listen" wrote in message
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My preference is spend the money on light gathering, I live in the
countryside so only need to get it out the patio doors at night (onto
the
purpose built patio with painted compass points!). So weight/bulk is
not
an
issue, also apart from a motor to keep track whilst viewing I like the
challenge of tracking objects down - but that could be because I have
never
used a more sophisticated system.

Sounds like you're a perfect candidate for a large Dob. For that kind of
money, you can easily buy yourself around 15" of mirror.

The "motor" part is tricky with a Dob, though; at least a budgetary
allowance would have to be made for a computerized alt-az drive
system. For long-exposure photography a field derotator will also be
required. OTOH when using digital video I believe the processing
software can realign drifting or rotating frames as it stacks them.

Actually, if he/she want's to go down to a 12.5" mirror, he can add an
equatorial platform, which will allow him/her to do photography.

Just thinking:



Celestron C9.25-S

Newise 200mm f/6 Modified Newtonian

Orion DX300 - f/4 or f/5.3





David

Just thinking:



Celestron C9.25-S

Newise 200mm f/6 Modified Newtonian

Orion DX300 - f/4 or f/5.3





David