Is my scope suitable?

[scottphillips]

Hey guys just ordered the Skywatcher 130m,

It's on an equitorial mount and has motor tracking so I was wondering if this is enough for me to take some videos with my webcam and then stack some still shots together to get decent images of DSO's such as nebulae and galaxies ???

[fatwoul]

Scott, you might find you get more response to this if you post it in the equipment section, but in my limited experience I have found most webcam struggle to capture very much other than the Moon or planets (but they can excel at those targets).

[lensman57]

Hey guys just ordered the Skywatcher 130m,

It's on an equitorial mount and has motor tracking so I was wondering if this is enough for me to take some videos with my webcam and then stack some still shots together to get decent images of DSO's such as nebulae and galaxies ???

I am not sure if the 130m would come to focus with a DSLR for DSO imaging. The 130 PDS is the one designed for AP. The 130 should be fine witha webcam for the Moon and Jupiter.

A.G

[scottphillips]

Ok so this would be good for planetary imaging then ?

Is there any scope you know of under £200 that is suitable for deep sky imaging ?

[Dave In Vermont]

For video-astrophotography, and other methods too, the mount is more important than the telescope on it. You have an equatorial-mount that tracks? You're fine for the short exposures required for getting decent imagery.  Take a look around this forum:

http://stargazerslounge.com/forum/123-video-astronomy/

The better you align your scope/mount, the clearer your results will be.

Clear Skies,

Dave

[scottphillips]

Yeah it's an eq2 mount and has motor tracking

[Grotemobile]

DSO imaging, is so involved, i would not even attempt it.

I am just get used to doing planetary & lunar imaging.

If you start off doing this,you wont go far wrong.

Just my thoughts.

Steve

[PeterCPC]

This scope has quite a good reputation for DSO imaging and is under £200 - http://www.firstlightoptics.com/reflectors/skywatcher-explorer-130p-ds-ota.html

Peter