Hi everyone. I am particularly interested in moving up to astrophotography and looking to purchase either a Celestron 8SE (without eq mount as cannot afford) or an Orion SkyQuest XX12i or g (not sure the difference between i and g) or Skyquest XT10G. Portability is not an issue for me and I have mains power supply in my garden for an adaptor power supply. I have a Canon 6D. For sure want to photograph the planets, in particular to get best shots poss of Saturn and moons but for sure want to get deep sky stuff in as much detail and colour as possible. Different mounts won't be an option at this stage re budget for any of these scopes.
Appreciate some guidance on which scope to get of these, and benefits of going to the 10G from 8SE and then again re the 12ii or 12g
I have the prices for the extra bits I need for the 8SE, T mount, adaptor, reducer, filters etc, but not sure what additional items and rough costs there would be for getting the necessary for the Orion's.
Many thanks