SingAstro

Hi Bernard, @ last u post in Singastro

Welcome!

Hi Kimo,

The setup is more for AP than visual? Looks like it will have obstacle for visual.

Hi Peter,

You are very fortunate that 2 of few excellent APers (imagers) here in this forum are giving you advices. Check out pictures by them (Ivan n RCJ), they not only produce great pictures, they are also very knowledgeable.

Hi Peter,

By the way, 2" focuser can take 1.25" eyepieces as it will come with a 2" to 1.25" adapter. On the other hand, a 1.25" focuser will not be able to take a 2" eyepiece.

Hi Peter, Frankly, it is difficult to have best of both world, most users use DOB, SCT, MCT for visual and RC, refractor, Newtonian for AP. I would think a small refractor will be good for star clusters and some brighter nebulaes as well as portability for both visual and AP. To do dimmer objects es...

Hi Peter, I guess you are looking for this scope as in the link. http://ca.skywatcher.com/_english/01_products/02_detail.php?sid=361 The OTA weight for this scope is 11kg, by itself as a DOB it has not problem for visual, should be very decent. However, when you want to convert it to do AP, this wei...

PM u earlier

Hi Alvin, reserve the 2" Deep sky filter for me.

Very nice, thank you for sharing.

Very nice, thank you for sharing.