jake_wright

yes make sure your happy before even thinking about clicking the buy button :) as for extras go id get a chesire to check collimation http://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-collimation-tools/premium-cheshire-collimating-eyepiece.html and a polar scope if the EQ3 does not come with one, are you really set on the GOTO? an idea would be to drop the GOTO and put the saving towards the EQ5? i just got rid of my GOTO mount to get a EQ5 with dual motor mounts and im also loving that move :)

I'm not really set on the GOTO, just sounds easier to hit a button to go where you want it to. I just had a look and if I don't go for the eq-3 GOTO I can get the eq-5 (without motors), 150p-ds, Cheshire, coma corrector and polar scope for the same price. I'll leave the motor drives until another time. Won't be able to get all this for quite a while though

As pointed out I don't think the EQ3 somes with a polar scope. If you got the EQ5 it is a better mount but to image you need motors. So an EQ5 and no motors is no good for any imaging. Read the Nikon manual for setting exposures, I suspect you will need a remote timer, sold on Amazon and usually made by Shoot about £25. This will allow you to take long period exposures and will take a series of 10, 20 etc, up to 999 I think. You can set it to take 20 exposures of 40 seconds each with a 30...