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7 hours ago, MarkAR said:
The Evostar is a doublet so you will need the 0.85 reducer for photography. That will give it a pretty good FOV for nebulae and larger galaxies.
The 200P-ds would need the coma corrector and will have a good focal length for galaxies and small nebulae.
Thanks for the advice mate.. Am I right in thinking the refractors are a little easier to live with?
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Hi folks, I hope you are all doing very well.
I'm looking to start my journey into astrophotography, I have a little experience with photography in general and up until recently ran a small drone photography business. I have always been fascinated by the night sky and I'm lucky enough to live in an area with relatively low light pollution. I have been able to capture some fairly decent shots of the moon using my DSLR and a basic tripod. But I've always wanted to head deeper into space and look at Nebula and Galaxies etc.
Doing some research, I've landed on a HEQ5 Pro mount as it seems to come highly recommended and it looks like the mount is key to all this. I just need to figure out scopes now and whether or not I can use my existing DSLR (Nikon D3300). I have been looking at the Skywatcher Explorer 200p or Evostar 72ed to start out with but wondered if you had any advice to help me out? As I know these are two completely different scopes.
My camera won't allow for automation like APT but I think I can work the exposures using a remote instead.
Thanks in advance and clear skies to all
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Thank you for the welcome everyone
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Hi folks, been looking around and stumbled upon this forum. I'm looking to start my journey into astrophotography, I have a little experience with photography in general and up until recently ran a small drone photography business. I have always been fascinated by the night sky and I'm lucky enough to live in an area with relatively low light pollution. I have been able to capture some fairly decent shots of the moon using my DSLR and a basic tripod. But I've always wanted to head deeper into space and look at Nebula and Galaxies etc.
I've landed on a HEQ5 Pro mount as it seems to come highly recommended and it looks like the mount is where the money should be spent! I just need to figure out scopes now and whether or not I can use my existing DSLR (Nikon D3300). Then there's the small challenge if sneaking all this past the wife!
heq5 judders every few seconds while tracking
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Sorry to resurrect this tbread but im currently experiencing the exact same issue! I bought the mount from new and every 5 seconds or so you can hear a very definite 'clunk' where it sounds like the ra tracking is being restricted somewhat then suddenly judders back to tracking correctly. Its obviously ruining any long exposures im taking.
I'm a bit new to all this and wondered what you menat about loosening the setting circle? Is it tne green band just above the polar scope? Do i need to remove the holding screw so that it freely rotates?
Many thanks,
Rich