Astrophotography hobby

[ehanes7612]

anyone got this hobby?

I just ordered the Losmandy GEQ 8 ... because my crappy Orion EQ mount isnt cutting it..I knew it would be a crapper but for $100.00 I was willing to wing it while I got used to astrophotography
So now I am torn between a 130 mm APO refractor (probably Meade as I cant afford the better ones ) or a SCT ..anyone have a preference? I hear the Meade Maksutov 7 is really good

 

[NYEric]

Stop wasting orchid money! oke:

 

[Gilda]

Stop wasting orchid money! oke:

What Eric said :wink:

 

[SlipperFan]

I don't have a clue what you are talking about, Ed. But we are all made of star-stuff, so........ go for it.

 

[Ruth]

I am a star watcher, and I have an 8" Celestron SCT. I have played around with taking photos of the moon, with my camera (an Olympus DSLR])on my scope, and also using a video camera using on my SCT. Also there is an Astronomy forum that has a ton of information Astrophotography If I was really serious about it and I could afford it, I would get a refractor scope. . There are a couple of people in my club that I think could give you a little more information.

 

[lepetitmartien]

I understand what our friend is talking about, but it may be too specialized for us to have an opinion. I'd just asked: ehanes, please, show us some pictures!

I know a guy on one french orchid forum who could maybe make an answer, but a dive into a specialized forum of North America would be more effective anyway.

Please, some astro porn! Even if the Orion is crap.

 

[ehanes7612]

yes, I am on the astro boards..just seeing if anyone here is into astrophotography. A Losmandy Gereman Equatorial mount is a very good quality mount and drive which is used to track the objects you are looking at without having to continually adjust the telescope due to the earth's radial motion. Prevents star trails in photography. I will probably go for the APO refractor as refractors have better optical quality than schmidt cassegrians (compound reflectors)..crisper images.
I will post pics as I produce them