TheSkySearchers

Hi just had time to organize this better new to astrophotography received a lot of info within the last day from people on forum. This is what id like to do ;

look at and do astrophotography deep space nubleas and planets this is what im looking at as starting out, I know equipment is a little cumbersome but will probably be in same spot for duration.
Have a d500 nikon dx crop sensor. that said here what i have lined up but not purchased yet.

the auto guider can wait for now
Also no defiinate plans on the eyepieces either those i picked from reviews on line .



Orion 2.1 Amp AC-to-12V DC Power Adapter



Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope


Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount



Orion Magnificent Mini Deluxe AutoGuider Package


Orion Dynamo Pro 155Wh AC/DC/USB Lithium Power Supply


Orion T-Ring for Nikon Camera



Lady Fraktor also mentioned about the following



he faster a newtonian the more the field curvature which creates coma.



I will let others comment on the actual AP concerns but the Q70 eyepieces typically do not work well with newtonian telescopes.
At best you will have about 50% of the central view good and deteriorating towards the edge.
Coma may be amplified in the faster telescope optics as well.

Baader Hyperion or Morpheus eyepieces would work better for either.


You may want to look at a small refractor for a wider field of view.

A 10" f/3.9 newtonian using a 25mm Plossl eyepiece has a true field of view of 1.3° where a 80mm f/7 refractor with same eyepiece has a 2.36° TFOV
StarWatcher 80ED comes to mind. Welcome on board!

and Greenman suggest ed add the 0.85 flattener/reducer.



Any suggestions or any one with telescope please let me know and how they worked for you what you have, Thanks Tom

One thing that needs to be pointed out to you is that a scope (OTA) optimized for DSOs is not best suited for planetary imaging and vice versa. So you kind of have to make up your mind which is the more important target.

Cheers,
JT

thanks will be doing research on that

To get started I would still suggest the refractor in the f/7 range.
It can be used with a focal reducer for even wider FOV and with barlows to do some planetary.
A decent 80mm or 102mm ED refractor would work well as most are in the f/7 range.

Yes, you need to decide whether you would rather image DSO's or the planets as the recommended kind of scope will vary based on your preference.

I ordered this for my grandson: https://www.astroshop.eu/telescopes/sky ... q-2/p,5013
Maybe something like that, but with better mount. Also this probably has spherical primary mirror. For visual, it shouldn't matter, but for AP it probably needs to be parabolical.

A word of caution: The scope weighs in at 25.5 pounds. Add the camera and make it ~27 pounds. The EQ-G is rated at 44 pounds. The rule of thumb is you need a mount capable of 2X the payload; for you this means the mount is underrated for that OTA. I *Love* my EQ-G - but I'm using the 8" not the 10" Orion OTA. It has done me very well for the past couple of years. It has been rock solid - even in 10knot winds. I suspect that it *might* be able to handle your OTA - but it is pushing it.

Remember, most commercial Newtonian telescopes will not bring the camera close enough to the mirror to give you an "in focus" image. Only when it is called an astrograph are you guaranteed you will get the camera to come to focus.

Cheers,
JT