spartan2007 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 gday just a quick question i am thinking of upgrading my ota 925 edge hd to a bresser messier 152L f 7.8 would this be better suited for astrophotography .this would be mounted on a celestron cgem mount i allready have starsense ,guide scope skywatcher st80 and mono prostar camera my main camera would be a canon 700d at this time .any feedback woud be great .clearskies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken82 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It would be better suited but still not ideal. I would consider a smaller refractor for AP with a faster f ratio especially with a celestron mount . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2007 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 any suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggywrinkle Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 The Bresser 152 is also a beast of a scope in weight...you'd need to make sure the mount would take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJenko Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 What do you fancy imaging? I am assuming DSOs, in which case, take a look at a field of view calculator and see what scope would fit in the kinds of targets you want with your camera. As a DSLR user, I would suggest wider fields and faster scopes as a starting point. http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2007 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 i have also been looking at this Explore Scientific AR152 152mm f/6.5 Air-Spaced Doublet Achromat Refractor Telescope which may be a better option for astrophotograpghy dso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Boesen Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 2 hours ago, spartan2007 said: i have also been looking at this Explore Scientific AR152 152mm f/6.5 Air-Spaced Doublet Achromat Refractor Telescope which may be a better option for astrophotograpghy dso i agree on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken82 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Personally I'd look at an 80mm skywatcher Equinox . Fast good quality optics, great field of view, nice and light ! If you bought a 150mm refractor it would quite possibly push your mount weight wise but your tracking would probably not be good enough at long focal length either . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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