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3 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Hi and welcome to SGL as I see this is your first post.
I think what would help members to help you is to explain what you want to image, planets, DSO's or just widefield images of stars / milky way etc.
Also we really need to know what sort of budget you can manage in these austere times.

Many people do get good images from what are considered below par AP equipment but generally the cheaper you go with this hobby then the harder it can get and often many people get frustrated and leave the hobby because they were trying to get (or expecting to get) better images than the equipment is capable of.

Also you need different approaches for different types of images and there is no real do-it-all  setup that caters for all types of target so giving a lot more information is really required.

Steve

Thanks for introduction!

Just now, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Hi and welcome to SGL as I see this is your first post.
I think what would help members to help you is to explain what you want to image, planets, DSO's or just widefield images of stars / milky way etc.
Also we really need to know what sort of budget you can manage in these austere times.

Many people do get good images from what are considered below par AP equipment but generally the cheaper you go with this hobby then the harder it can get and often many people get frustrated and leave the hobby because they were trying to get (or expecting to get) better images than the equipment is capable of.

Also you need different approaches for different types of images and there is no real do-it-all  setup that caters for all types of target so giving a lot more information is really required.

Steve

sorry, I forgot!!!

I am looking for decent planet pics not tooooo detailed.
also for good deep space performance, some nebulae, galaxies etc.

I have s10+ phone camera with full manual control and iPhone 13 mini with some manual controls. However am trying not to end up using longer exposures. BORTLE 7

HI guys,

right now I am quite interested in astrophotography and decided to buy a smartphone holder, and hopefully a plain manual eq5 mount. I am hoping to create good enough images to justify myself to invest in motors etc(?).  the heritage 150p OTA is only 3.6kg so will the eq5 be able to hold any future tracking/guiding cameras?

Also, will buying an eq3-2 be like cheaping out lol