AstroDivers

Hello tomato, yes the site offer remote assistance (paid). Reviews seems to be very positive. We accounted for some man-hours required to periodically check collimation I personally don't have much experience with Newtonians so I hope it won't be necessary ever night

Good evening everyone, I have a complex situation where I would truly appreciate any help to verify that I am not making stupid mistakes. Due to bad weather me and a friend are going to rent a remote setup in Spain, as a first testing step of going remote. Until now we had our separate semi automated setup outside our backyards. I have a 130mm F/7 refractor, he has a 2400 12" RC. So we are looking for something in between. Our idea for the remote setup: Skywatcher QUATTRO 12" F/4 @1200mm ZWO6200MM, 2" unmounted filters, ZWO Filter wheel (this combo I already have and i will move it from my terrace to the remote one) Paracorr Type 2 3" (1.15x) SESTO SENSO Esatto 3" motorized focuser Skywatcher EQ8 Sampling I've had a discussion with Vlaiv who was super nice and helpful with analysing sampling of this combo. We will bin 2x2 or 3x3 depending on the sight conditions. Thank you vlaiv! Coma Corrector Since the camera is a full frame, a 3" focusser and coma corrector are mandatory to have a enough illumination, right? Are there any alternatives to the paracorr maintaining a good quality? Focuser The autofocuser all in 1 from PRIMALUCE seems to have nice reviews online, sturdy, relatively cheap and will solve the problem of focuser + motor Mount What is the practical difference between a recent EQ8 and an old type one? We could save ~1k€ but I don't want any big downside. My friend has actually one 'not recent' EQ8 and it seems to work fine with the 12"RC Guiding What about guiding? OAG or separate scope? What would be a good guiding camera for this setup? We both use a ZWO120 mini, with nice guiding Since we are going remote, any other accessory/consideration to be taking into account? Wish you all clear Skies, Luca