Georgino

On 03/05/2021 at 16:40, bluesilver said:

Hi,  I am hoping to get a bit of advice on which way i should possibly be going here.

I am looking for a scope for imaging.

I currently am using a large Skywatcher Evostar 150ED,  it is a great scope but just a little too big when i am trying to take images of the larger nebulas like Orion.

For instance,  with the Evostar 150ED, when i am imaging Orion,  i get pretty much all the entire Orion Nebular.

I would like a smaller scope so that i can get the running man Nebular in the same frame,  ( i hope that makes sense )

The 80mm looks like to be a good size scope for these larger Nebulars.

I am imaging with a Cannon 600D DLSR camera.

Mount is a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6

Guide scope is an Orion 60mm guide scope.

So after all that,  i was just interested to here what everyone's advise is on going for a Skywatcher Esprit 80 or look at a Williams scope.

I have read that the Skywatcher Esprit already has a flattener installed in the design,  where the Williams line you need to get one separate.

I am leaning more to the Skywatcher as it is what i already have,  just need a larger dove tail to fit the AZ-EQ6 shoe.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Hey bluesilver,

So how did you decide? I am thinking about the same scope as you (SW Esprit 80). Just gathering some information and experiences from others. Thanks