Scope for Sky-watcher star adventure

[Spacemandan88]

Hi folks,

I have brought the SW star adventure for a more portable setup. Ideally for easy DSO with a small enough scope without the need for any autoguiding as such. I've been looking at the SW Evostar 72ED and the WO z61, could anyone help with some advice on these or if there's any others simlar to these.

I was also considering rokinon 135mm f2 but not too sure if the price is worth it compared to the telescopes.

thanks

Dan

[Nerf_Caching]

7 hours ago, Spacemandan88 said:

Hi folks,

I have brought the SW star adventure for a more portable setup. Ideally for easy DSO with a small enough scope without the need for any autoguiding as such. I've been looking at the SW Evostar 72ED and the WO z61, could anyone help with some advice on these or if there's any others simlar to these.

I was also considering rokinon 135mm f2 but not too sure if the price is worth it compared to the telescopes.

thanks

Dan

Evostar 72ED is cheaper compared to Z61 but has a longer focal length. Both however are wide-field scopes and speaking from experience, I have had some good photos taken using my 72ED. If you can afford it, go for the z61 but the 72ED is also a decent budget scope. The attached image was taken using a 72ED on a Star Adventurer unguided. The camera was a stock Canon 650d with a clip-in CLS filter. 20.5 minutes of 30-second subs from Bortle 9 skies.

Edited September 14, 2020 by Nerf_Caching