Refractor tube that will fit on a alt azimuth mount

[cspindley]

Hi people I'm looking for a refractor tube that will fit onto a alt azimuth mount? But would really only pay about £200. Want to do some deep space images but I don't really like the equatorial mounts as they are too bulky and I'm limited for space at the moment. Any suggestions as to which scopes are good

Thanks Chris

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[John]

If it's your Skywatcher AZ GOTO mount then I think an ST102 would be around your limit or maybe an ED80.

The mount is far from ideal for deep sky imaging though, but I expect you know that.

[hemihaggis]

as john says above , alt az mounts cant do dso ... five seconds max is the longest exposure you will get ... it might not even be 5 seconds before "rotation" effects the image .

you already have a 127 mak , you can get exellent images of the moon and planets with a web cam .and it wont cost 200quid.

dso needs long exposure