f9.8 refractor and small DSO

[The_PSY3NTIST]

Hi Everyone. I Recently bought an evostar 102 and wondered if it would be suitable for imaging some of the smaller DSO's. I have only used my 200p for imaging on m42 upto no then life got in the way and the scopes have been gathering dust! hope to get them out of retirement for good now though . I've looked on some of the websites that show the fov on particular objects and I know not to expect the colour and detail etc but is i practical to use this scope for dso's

Thanks

[laser_jock99]

Best way to find out is give it a try. Might work best on star clusters & globulars?

[nmoushon]

At f9.8 it will not be the best for DSO I'm afraid. You can most definately get images with it but you will have to take much longer exposures. The brighter the object the better your results will be.

[The_PSY3NTIST]

Ill give it a go but looks like its best sticking to using the newt. It's a bit heavy with the guide scope for my mount though, main reason for trying the frac