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Thank you Michael and Mathew! I appreciate the responses and am looking into off axis guiding. I am also using the calculator to figure out my best option for my imaging camera.. Thanks again!

Hello. I am new to DSO imaging. I'm an semi-experienced observer have done some wide field, tracked/DSLR milky way shots but have zero experience with DSO astro photography. I just picked up a new Meade LX90 ACF 8" and since I am on a budget I'll be adding equipment as I go. I plan to add a wedge and a camera as soon as I can. I am leaning towards a uncooled, color ZWO, but need to wade through the details and figure which one would work best for my money. Any advice on these would be totally appreciated! Also, does anyone have experience with the Revolution R2 imager? I read the review of the first one, on Weasner.com, and it sounds interesting and fairly easy to use. Not sure if it's still worth the money but it would be nice to have the screen for live view. Thanks in advance and hoping clear skies prevail!

Hello fellow astronomers. I just upgraded from a 8" skywatcher collapsible Dob. to a 8" Meade lx90 ACF and I am excited to learn how to properly set up for some DSO astrophotography. I am going to add a wedge and need to put some serious consideration into what cameras, tracking and photographic, I will use. I'm on a budget but am leaning towards ZWO. I have also owned a star adventurer with my canon attached for wide field milky shots and I'll will have to say I am hooked! Hope to learn much. Clear skies!