Hi,
My unusual title reflects my frustration finding a guaranteed working setup for Deep sky photography "My Stand-Alone Autoguiding & OAG setup for a Celestron 8 SCT (not EDGE) AVX with and without Focal Reducer 6.3 is:"
I live in Norway, I am worried that soon the summer days are not long away, where twillight again will banish me for another year of no astrographs or even star alignment.
I have been looking for a long time and I not found a setup I can be confident in, I need a bullet proof setup I can order.
Do you have my equipment, and use OAG & Stand Alone-Autoguider successfully with and without a focal reducer?
Then please respond to this thread.
I have read so much advice my head spins, I really only need posters with my setup, I hope it does not sound rude, but I have read so much "probably advice".
Final word, my understanding is that the celestron OAG guider does not allow enough back focus with the focal reducer 6.3, so I am expecting a setup that uses "probably" the TS Optics OAG, or some other thin OAG.
I am sure some people smile at my optimism, but I need a known setup to get started on.
Thanks
Phil