Which Scope/Mount is this, and......

[Freff]

what could I expect to see and photograph with it.

I have the SW 127MAK which was bought as a starter scope and to test the waters in imagery. I have had a few "ok" results with a webcam but want to move on.

I saw this scope in another thread and wondered if it's the SW 200p that appears to be popular with imaging.

Many thanks

Tony

[bcfcciderhead]

Yep pretty sure thats the SW200P, a great scope which will give some great views, was on my wish list but went for the Dob version.

[Astro_Baby]

Looks liuke a Skywatcher 200 and an EQ5 with motors but no GoTo. The 200 does seem popular with imagers. Its a pretty competent 'maid of all work' though. It also has almost endless upgrade possibilities.

[John]

Actually I think it's the 150P on an EQ3-2 mount. Still a nice scope. Your mak might be better for webcam imaging of planets though because of it's long focal length (twice as long as the 150P).

[nobbytate]

Looks more like a 150 on an eq3 mount to me

John

[Cornelius Varley]

It is an EQ3-2 mount not an EQ5. The OTA could be the SW150P.

Peter

[The Warthog]

It is identical to the Celestron Omni 6" reflector, but if you zoom the photo enough, the plate under the focuser appears to be two words, a short one and a long one, which would make it the Skywatcher. The two scopes are indistiguishable.

[Freff]

Thank you all for your replies. My intentions are to use my next scope with my DSLR ( Canon 5D2 ) for DSO imaging. So on reflection the SW 200p would be well suited.

I was also thinking of upgrading the mount to something more suitable for this task, any thoughts on this please.

Many thanks

Tony

[Aussie]

The biggest mount you can stretch your budget too after you get you're OTA will give you you're best results. a HEQ5 is a lot more stable then an EQ5 because it can hold more weight, and an EQ6 is more stable then a HEQ5.

Don't forget theres alot of weight on the mount once you attach cameras etc to the OTA.

[Freff]

Thanks for the info.

Could I use the HC from my SW MAK 127 GoTo with ie the Skywatcher EQ6 Syntrek, in effect making it into the EQ6 PRO SynScan a saving of over £110.

If I choose one of these mounts what sort of OTA could I add in future if I decide to go bigger.

Thanks

Tony

[ollypenrice]

I've no idea how you would hybridize the mount but as a deep sky imager I would say that the HEQ5 Synscan is the minimum mount but a good minimum. If you can recreate it somewhow then well and good! But in imaging the mount is not quite all, but nearly...

Olly