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Your plan sounds good to me. I also would lean towards the RC scope.
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- 01-26-2012, 05:41 PM #1
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another newbie (from Sussex UK)
Hi everyone,
My name is Louis and I'm down in Sussex UK. I'm currently looking to get started with astrophotography.
I already have a Pentax K5 (low noise, high ISO) at the moment (unmodified for IR) - I'd plan to use that with prime focus and maybe switch to a CCD / web cam in the future.
After some investigation I'm considering the following setup and would appreciate any advice at all.
Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro SynScan Goto equatorial (setup needs to be portable so I think this is as big as I can go).
Scope: Altair Astro GSO 8" deluxe carbon fibre Ritchey Chretien astrograph
(or maybe the Celestron 9.25 XLT SCT maybe, but I mostly want to image with visual observation just for fun). The 8" GSO is my first choice as it stands.
It's of course a bit of an initial outlay, but I'd like to start properly if at all and I'm hoping it will be a long term hobby.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Also any ideas on dark sites around the Sussex area would be useful too
Louis
- 01-26-2012, 05:47 PM #2
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- 01-26-2012, 07:17 PM #3
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Welcome to the forums! Looks like you've been doing your homework! Looking forward to seeing the final decision as well as some pictures!
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- 01-27-2012, 05:14 AM #4
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- 01-27-2012, 01:42 PM #5
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hi and welcome to the forums.
thanks for joining us here at A.F.
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- 01-27-2012, 03:19 PM #6
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Hello Louis, and welcome to the forum !
Good luck with your AP plans and clear skies
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- 01-28-2012, 07:21 AM #7
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Hi,
Thanks for all the replies. Sounds like this setup gets the thumbs up. Anyone have any experience or pictures taken with the Altair Astro GSO 8" ?
I'm a bit worried about light pollution where I am now, taking a long exposure with a wide angle lens picks up quite a bit of orange. Maybe my settings are wrong, maybe the telescope will block out stray light well with such a narrow field of view. I imagine I'll need to travel to some better local sight to get any really decent pictures. I envy anyone who lives in a real dark skies area.
Anyone living in or on the edge of a city, how do you cope, are you able to take any good pictures at all?
thanks, Louis
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