Guidescope required but not sure what

[chris285]

Tuesday saw the delivery of my neq6 mount and skywatcher ed80 refractor, got it setup due to shockingly having clear skies that night and loved it. However plan is to start imaging with the setup as I have a canon 1100d to mount to the scope, and a QHY 5-II as a guide camera but no guidescope at this point in time.

I've seen a vixen 80mm refractor but no idea if it would suite a guide scope, focal length is 900mm which would be nice as a dual purpose lunar/planetary scope but no idea if the focal length is going to cause an issue with what I have. Any suggestions or comments as to the best sort to go for gratefully welcomed

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[Thalestris24]

Hi

Finder guider? I currently use my 9 x 50 finder with a qhy5l-ii and it works fine with my 150pds. Modern Astronomy sell the adapters to let you attach the qhy to the finder.

Louise

[Thalestris24]

ps you might find this tutorial useful (I did!):

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/188777-phd-guiding-basic-use-and-troubleshooting/page-2?hl=%2Bphd+%2Bguiding+%2Bbasic#entry2104457

[Carina Lass]

my guider is a 102 skywatcher - F5 coupled with with my F10 scope - works a treat.

[chris285]

Thanks for the replies, will get that adapter and a t ring and i am just about ready to start imaging then