Good morning Gents,
Thank you for the observations and advice. You have given me some other things to think about/try. I am located at about 53 north so if I lower the latitude setting by how much can I do so and will that not make alignment (and hence tracking) inaccurate?
I guess the comment about which mount to use reminds me of the old joke "if you want to get there I wouldn't start from here" .....I wish I could chop and change but the budget won't stretch !!!
I currently have been doing only visuals but I would like to try some imaging other than the lunar efforts with my Orion/Canon EOS 45D that I dabbled with. I read somewhere that a Newtonian such as I have is probably the wrong scope to use so I wouldn't wish to splash out on an expensive camera could you recommend a suitable entry level for trying DSO with my scope/mount setup?