by Gfamily2 » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:07 pm
If you're interested in taking widescale images of the Milky Way, a dSLR and a driven mount would be helpful.
Some friends at our local astro society are getting very good results with the Skywatcher Star Adventurer which is relatively compact and light, fits on a standard tripod and can be used with a camera or a small scope.
One of our imagers thinks that its guided tracking (using PHD2) is pretty much comparable to his EQ6 mount - admittedly that's using a 65mm refractor rather than a 250mm Newtonian.
Great with a dSLR though.
Scopes: Meade 8" SCT, Skywatcher 127mm Mak, Raffle winner of SW ST80
For imaging: Pentax K5, Asda webcam, Star Adventurer (new toy)
For companionship: Mid Cheshire Astronomical Group.
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