Simon M

Lots of great ideas chaps - thanks. It’s sounds a bit obscene ! But I don’t want to end up with lots of purchases that fail then resale wasting time this time round. Jump straight in with a setup that works for me right away cheers

Thanks for advice. That’s an amazing list. However, 25kg mount - my pier is fixed but not a permanent shelter over it br Simon

Hi there - yes deep sky and fixed pier to pop the scope on when viewing is good

After about 12 years away (I think) from astronomy, I have a chance now to rebuild and get back into Astrophotography. I am building a garden office, that can have a permanent pier at the back of it with a south facing aspect - fairly clear for a edge of Sheffield Suburb. I would like guidance on your "ideal" setup - for remote viewing and astrophotography from the adjacent office. In the past I've had several setups -Skywatcher mounts, Vixen VC200L, a small 80ED refractor (Still have that from Williams on the Skywatcher mount) Celestron Nexstar 6. Ive lost touch with what's out there now, what works without forever fath or big tracking issues, i'm totally out of touch with the state of CCD camera technology I have a really good budget, of around £8000, maybe £10,000 for mount, guide scope (or other method), Refractor and camera. Need full goto, GPS alignment etc for speed of setup. It needs to be a semi permanent setup - pier is permanent but will not stay on the pier. What would you spend your money on? many thanks.