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Earth Spins And 6 Or 8 Inch Scopes
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by David Filipowski on December 1, 2003 19:19:07 UTC |
First to you, Denmark boy: I don't know where you read that an alt-az mounted scope is good for astrophotography or CCD imaging, cut they clearly are not. Your suspicions are confirmed. With the exception of the Meade LX200 and 90 series mounted alt-az with a specialized corrector, a straight alt-az scope is for visual use only. As the LX200 & 90 series start at around $1500US, this may well be out of reach to you at present. Dobs can be outfitted with an equatorial plate and a motorized drive, but this also runs into money. If astrophotography is something you think you would like to persue, then I would suggest you get a good reflector on a German Equatorial Mount(which is refered to as a GEM). Equipped with a motorized drive and a guide scope, these will take beautiful pictures. Orion has a very nice 8 inch on a GEM outfitted with dual-drives for both declination and right ascension for $598US that also comes with a CD of The Sky Version 5 Level 2:
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