Basic imaging opinions.

[nephilim]

Hi, I'm thinking of dipping my toe in imaging and would like a bit of advice on this http://www.celestron.com/astronomy/celestron-neximage.html Now, i realise that it's very basic but my scope is only a 5.1" EQ2 (motor driven) and wouldnt be any good for anything considered 'pro', It's basically for a bit of messing about, to see if I would want to take it any further. The price is very reasonable but does it (like it usually does) reflect the end result, i.e Naff ? All i'm wanting at the moment are half decent planetary images & maybe M31 &M42, altho im not expecting Hubble quality I'd just like to know if the money spent would be better put to another E.P or a UHC filter as i'd love to see the Veil neb at some point.

Any advice would be gratefully recieved.

[Daniel-K]

these work good on lunar and planets not sure about DSO's, i think these are discontinued now are you getting it 2nd hand?

[nephilim]

Yes, there's one for sale in my area, but now i'v looked a bit more i'm thinking of the 5mp version, so same question as above really.

[Pete Presland]

the neximage would be fine for planetary imaging, but a spc880/900 or toucam pro would do the same job and would be a lot cheaper than the 5mp version of the neximage.

[nephilim]

Thanks, I'll have a look at those.