Budget Astro

[Andymac79]

A couple of pics from last night.

The entire rig (except the lappy for camera control) cost less than £220

I do yern for an HEQ5 and all the bells to hang of it but here I am stuck with an old black EQ3 2 and at the moment im pretty chuffed with the results

The lens used in these cost £6, it has a snapped aperture mech so I have to dismantle the lens to change it...

How cute and calm does M1 look at 200mm....!!

[fredster]

Superb results from the budget rig.

[steppenwolf]

Excellent - I love to see images like this taken with minimal equipment and I am a great fan of widefields.

[bomberbaz]

Nice

[Gonzo]

This actually shows that you do not have to spend thousands to achieve something nice. Well done

[StuartJPP]

This actually shows that you do not have to spend thousands to achieve something nice. Well done

Agree 100% with this statement.

[sausages]

Agree 100% with this statement.

So do I, very nice images!

[scoobee]

loving the images, only to repeat the above you dont need to break the bank to get very good results

[nightfisher]

very good indeed, thanks for sharing

[Andymac79]

Its very hard in this game to be happy with the equipment you have, always striving for bigger and better but theres lots of sky and lots of opportunity at every level.

[Daniel-K]

there beltters well done

[stem1989]

This actually shows that you do not have to spend thousands to achieve something nice. Well done

too true

[JamesF]

Very good images. There is a "budget imaging" thread somewhere with quite a few postings from people in a similar situation. May well be worth a read if you haven't found it already. stan26 I particularly recall as producing some excellent results on the smallest of budgets.

James

[petercoxphoto]

Very cool to see what can be done with not a lot.