As the title suggests what should I invest in?
I will be predominantly using a
Interested in your opinions.
Thankyou
Macemiller,
Thankyou.OzEclipse wrote: ↑Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:02 pmMacemiller,
I'm not familiar with local prices in UK but I don't think there are anyGOTO EQ mounts that are astrophotography capable around that price point. You need an accurate drive system. The Sky Watcher Star Adventurer should be around that price and I've seen some owners get excellent results with them. Just remember that you need to be able to accurately polar align and then know your way around the sky to point the camera at your targets. In saying this, I'm not being flippant. I run a nightscape photography course over here and in my last class, four of the participants had bought Star Adventurer or Polarie trackers but found they could not polar align them accurately enough to use them. Unfortunately the course content was all about fixed tripod photography, no time to address this problem. We are going to tee up some sessions in the new year on polar alignment technique.
A mount for prime focusAP with an 80mm refractor needs to be both accurate and solid. Probably something like a HEQ5 or VX. But those are well above your price point. So you either need to increase your budget or scrap your plans to doAP with the refractor and look at trackers forDSLR .
Good luck
Joe
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