Jez, you have to listen to me
Why? Because....both of us:
- Have a baby sitting mount, AVX
- Use +/- 400mm small refractor
- Are a portable newbie imager
Suggestion:" Used cheap canon dslr + BYEOS"
If you are really really a newbie, the are many things you have to learn before you are ready for a mono camera.
- Balance the mount (toward the telescope & 'little more heavy' east balancing)
- Precise polar alignment
- Focusing
- Calibration frames
- Dithering
- Star alignment (ASPA)
- Plate solving
- Processing your data
- Bla bla bla...
Practice your polar alignment at the backyard. Try to get a precise PA within 30m
Here are the unguided images with AVX+AT65EDQ+60D -> 180sec & 300sec
Now, you are ready to learn the auto guiding.
- Ascom, focusing, exposure, saturated star, min motion, aggressive, hysteresis, bla bla bla.....
Now, you are ready. Sell the dslr, purchase a mono camera, LRGB/NB filter, EFW.
Learn the auto focus, sho, hst hargb, lrgb, bla bla bla....
Then, you need more FL for galaxy, need a better mount to handle your bigger telescope, bla bla bla...
Regards,
Ketut
My ASI1600-MM cooled is on the way to Bali...wheeeeeeeeeee