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Thanks for sharing the photo. Helpful to visualizer it. I have the Celestron T-ring adapter so I think I should be sorted! Really excited to get this all set up.

That would be so helpful, thank you!

Thank you. This is good to know. Do you know if the Celestron OAG will take the ASI462MC as a guide camera, as I am already using this as a guide camera on my current guidescope, trying to see where I can save some money!

Hi Adam, Hope you don't mind me jumping in an old thread. I am in the process of purchasing a Baader flip mirror to use with my C8 EdgheHD, 1.25" eyepiece and ASI462MC. So similar set up to you. I am trying to work out if I need any additional attachments or adaptors. I have got a baader helical focuser for the eyepiece and a zwo helical focuser for the camera. Did you need to get anything else?

That's a lovely picture. I really need to upgrade my camera lens. Do you also use a Samyang lens for wider shots?

Hi all, I am wanting to use a flip mirror system (Baader Flip Mirror II is the one I'll be getting) with my C8 so that I can use an eyepiece and camera at the same time, for focusing/ platesolving purposes while observing and imaging. The C8 has different backfocus requirements (133.35mm w/o reducer, 105mm with x0.7 reducer) and I have all the right adaptors that came with my cameras (ASI462MC and ASI2600MC) to reach those requirements. If I add a flip mirror to the imaging train, will I need additional adaptors to reach backfocus? I will be using it for mainly planetary observing and imaging. I have gotten a helical focuser for my eyepiece and a ZWO helical focuser for the 462MC. Just trying to work out if I might need anything else to make sure it all comes together and it's making my brain hurt! Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for sharing! Seems like the Samyang (the 135mm and 14mm) is popular. I have a 650D that was gifted to me, I just need to get a lens to go with it. Did you have to do any cropping as you stacked the image on Sequator?

This is gorgeous. I'd like to try milkyway photography at some point. Mind sharing your gear info?

Nice. I've seen this when I took a short sub through my guidescope when I was fooling around and fine tuning things one night, but it is on the top of my list of targets I want to image properly soon.

Thanks. I did come across some people saying the Celestron OAG taking quite abit of backfocus? But it's got a bigger prism. I might have to look at the OAG-L. Seems like a good compromise of prism size and having more backfocus allowance.

When buying/ selling there, are you meeting in person, or posting? Payments wise - PayPal?

Sorry for jumping in, but may I ask what OAG you are using? This is something I was looking into a few months ago when I was getting my C8, but decided to go with a guidescope as that was easier to use with my refractor as well, but I might well get an OAG + 174mm just to go on the C8 in the future.

Thanks for the links. I'm still trying to navigate my way around the forum. I joined last year in Dec but have mainly been using Reddit for questions and advice, but I wanted a forum closer to home.

How's Astro Buy & Sell? Generally safe as long as caution is taken, or is it a mix good/ suspicious sellers?

Thanks for the insight. I'm always a little anxious buying/ selling online, but I think even more so with astro gear. You hear more about buyers being scammed, but how are sellers protected? Is it easy to get scammed by a buyer, if they just put in a claim on PayPal stating the item has not arrived/ damaged, and insists on a refund? Is that something that happens often with these things? I'd always prefer to meet in person but that's not always possible, so just wondering how others went about it if things come to being posted. It's good to know that there is usually good buying and selling etiqeutte from users on this forum though.

Hi all, I'm new to the forum - so first of all, hello all! I wanted to know where users usually buy and sell secondhand items (apart from this forum), and what precautions do users take when buying astro gear secondhand? Do you usually meet up in person to inspect the gear being sold? Or are things more commonly bought online and then shipped? What steps do people take to protect themselves when buying and selling, apart from using PayPal's Buyer Protection? I'm interested in both the buyer and the seller's point of view.