Advice on overloaded mount/autoguiding for beginning imaging

[mattytheshark]

Hi all

I'm currently using a CG-5 (yeah I know....) and it is overloaded with my C9.25 and DSLR currently.  I want to upgrade the mount later this year but not certain yet.

I'm managing to get between 20-30 second exposures which is okay but would like to do more so want to do some auto guiding and am exploring options.

My question (I guess) is will auto guiding make much difference given the scope is overloaded?

Any advice gratefully welcome as I'm a novice at imaging! Thanks in advance.  Matty

 

[happy-kat]

Do all your targets need that telescope, do you have say a camera lens you could use instead, it will be lighter and could still be guided and many DSO are large.

[mattytheshark]

25 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

Do all your targets need that telescope, do you have say a camera lens you could use instead, it will be lighter and could still be guided and many DSO are large.

I understand what you mean but I'm keen to keep using the telescope rather than just the camera.  As to whether I need the C9.25 specifically - probably not but I do like it.  The main problem is the mount which I plan to upgrade soon (ish!).  In the meantime I want to know if guiding will make a noticeable difference to the exposure times I can get given the problems with the mount.

[MarkAR]

Guiding might help to some extent but you will be adding even more weight so it might be worse.

[michael8554]

For guiding a 9.25 to have any chance you should use an Off Axis Guider OAG, which would add far less weight than a guidescope and mountings would.

Michael