Galactic Wanderer

Hey Adam,

Awful. I have 10 streetlight right behind me but luckily my house blocks it so that lessens the effect a bit. I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to astronomy and have not really tried any imaging yet. I am sorting out my power supply and then I hope to come to imaging soon. We've bought a house down in cornwall so I hope to try some there. The scope's a sky sky watcher explorer 150pds eq3pro and canon eos 60d

SEB

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Ha! sorry I'm half asleep.

1 hour ago, Adam J said:

As the F-Ratio is the same (F5) in both scopes it will not make too much difference, the actual focal is 650mm for the 130PDS and 750mm for the 150PDS, it will be ever so slightly harder to guide as it weighs a little more but this is probably offset by the fact that you sometimes have to add weights to the 130PDS to balance the tube anyway. So in the end it just depends on what it is you are taking pictures of, it will be better for some smaller targets but you may struggle to fit larger targets into the frame.

 

I guess if the focal length is different by 100mm it wouldn't make that much difference.  Btw nice pics of M81 an M82. What camera and scope did u use?

SEB

I've got the sky watcher 150PDS. Would the results be better or worse.