widefield scopes

[cardconvict]

hi i'am looking to get a descent widefield scope for imaging with a dslr, is there any recomendations on one, that i could be looking out for.

and also to be used as guiding scope as well

[johninderby]

Ahhh.......Budget?

John

[cardconvict]

at around 500 but not really fussed as i will be looking in the second hand market as well, just wanted aa idea to start me off

[johninderby]

One of the FPL-53 ED80 doublets such as the SkyWatcher 80ED or Equinox 80, Celestron C80ED etc. would be well within budget, probably half second hand.

At slightly over budget I would have recommended the Meade 80 Triplet (FPL-51 equivalent glass), but with the new FPL-53 triplets arriving, such as the Orion EDT80 Triplet or the TS 80 FPL-53 Triplet, then it would have to be one of these new FPL-53 triplets.

I'm sure there will be plenty of other suggestions coming along shortly.

John

[Deneb]

For widefield imaging, this would be quite ideal:

http://stargazerslounge.com/sale/109298-astro-tech-us-at66ed-apo-refractor.html

Nadeem.

[neilm]

Being a newbie my recomnedations should be taken with some caution but I have a celstron 102 wide view which I find is

1. Very portable

2. Good light gathering

3. Good optics

4. Easy to attach a camera to, even a compact.

5. Cheap! only £200 including a decent tripod.

I read various other reviews on the net, including some in the lounge, and all complementary. I think possibly the only issue is that it's a discontinued model, I think Skywatcher have extactly the same model but rebadged, so I guess you might have trouble finding one should you wish to.

[Capricorn]

You are going to have to search out the good ED doublets or think about the triplets.

For a wide field the CA will show up easily, hence the triplets.

Unfortunately neither will be inexpensive.

I would start off looking through the various makers and see what is on offer. Don't forget the less well advertised makes as AP, Vixen, TV, Astro-Tech, Explore Scientfic.

Time to do some research.

[cardconvict]

ok all sorted found a very nice ed80