AnnieH

THANK YOU EVERYONE I think you’ve all told me what I already knew. I’ll keep the 6” on the Dobsonian mount, because it would be too heavy, unwieldy and unstable on the AQ mount. Which means I will move the 5” on AQ mount to someone else. I can’t have two telescopes. Photography - I realise I’m trying to do £10000 photography with a £50 budget. That’s not going to work either. 🤣 I’ve been using the 6” scope with an eBay camera body, to take photos of the moon. I’ve been doing that for years, and I’m happy with the results. I’ll leave the rest of the universe to Webb and Hubble. I will look at maybe upgrading the camera, though. I think I should concentrate on looking and learning, and being amazed! Maybe I’ll record what I see with a drawing. It was good enough for Galileo! Again, your experienced opinion has been very helpful, and reassuring. Thank you.

I think my frustration arises from trying to take photographs. I have seen amazing things through my 6” with the Dobsonian mount. If I just concentrated on *looking* instead of trying to photograph things, there wouldn’t be a problem. I’ve got some lovely moon photos, and one Jupiter picture which I’m quite proud of, but that was more luck than judgement 😂 The 5” on the EQ2 mount was not a planned purchase. I like the idea of being able to track things. It’s harder with the Dobsonian mount. However, the Dobsonian mount has an advantage, in that I can move it more easily. My view is NE to SW. If I want to look North, I have to drag it outside. In a perfect world I’d keep both telescopes as they are, as they both have advantages and disadvantages, but I can’t have two telescopes.

Firstly, ‘Hello’, I’ve been a member of SGL for a while, but this is (I think) my first post. I have a 6” Skywatcher telescope on a Dobsonian mount. I’ve been using it quite successfully for about six years, but I’m starting to get a bit frustrated with the limitations of the mount. I have now got a 5” Skywatcher, on an EQ2 mount, with a clock drive. What I’m wondering is, can I put the 6” scope on the EQ2 mount? I know I would need bigger tube rings. I have read that it might be too heavy, or too unstable. It’s a lot longer than the 5”. Is a 6” better than a 5”? What would you guys do?