Hello!

[SFK]

Good day to everyone.

I am researching equipment for deep sky imaging and just found your site the other day.  

I have dabbled in some light milky way and deep space imagining with my DSLR, a 16mm 1.8 and a 200-600 mm lens and the bug has really bitten me to dive deeper into deep space imaging.  
My goal is to sift through everying and build a system that is failry portable as I have some pretty good dark sky areas nearby and spend 2 or three days at a time out in the desert/mountains enjoying nature and off road photography.  So, now I want to figure out a fairly lightweight system that I can set up at a "base camp" and image over a couple of nights.

So, if anyone is doing something similar, I am interested in what you are using.  "portability" and a fairly "fast" refractor in the 70-80 mm range is what I am thinking.
Any ideas of a good scope and mount that doesnt break the bank.  I will not be using anything heavier on this mount but want to have enough extra room for accessories and not overload the mount.

Thanks,

SFK

 

[Mr Spock]

Hi, welcome to SGL 

[bosun21]

Hi 👋, welcome to SGL. You would have been better asking for advice on a separate thread as this is predominantly just for saying hello and a brief introduction.

[Tony Acorn]

Hello and welcome SFk.

As Bosun21 says, there is a mass of info on portable imaging set-ups elsewhere in this site that may help your decision-making. The only advice I would offer now is that you need to define aims and a budget before you start investing.

Clear skies - and I'm envious of you having nearby desert / mountains, we just have nearby conurbations, sometyhing to do with the number of people per acre?

Tony

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL 

[Bivanus]

Hello and welcome. It might be this review will be useful to you: https://www.cloudynights.com/articles/cat/user-reviews/review-the-am3-harmonic-drive-mount-and-tc40-tripod-from-zwo-r4712

[Beardy30]

Welcome 🤗