[pasmembers] Astrophotography questions

  • From: Terry Dancer <tmranger86@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: PAS <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 12:16:58 -0700

Hello members of PAS. I have a few questions I would like to ask about 
astrophotography as I am wanting to get into it. First off, I'm not 100% sure 
that I am going enjoy doing this yet so for now i just need some decent 
equipment that will still be good for visual use in case I don't like doing 
astrophotography. First question. What mount should I get? From what I have 
read the orion atlas EQ-G seems like the winner. It's not the best mount out 
there but in case I don't want to do photography it's still seems like a very 
nice go to mount for visual use. And second, I can't seem to make up my mind on 
a scope. I know I want a refractor. I've been looking at the meade series 6000 
115mm APO triplet and the explore scientific 127ED essential series. Both of 
which seem like they would also be great for visual use as well. I know I could 
get great results with an 80mm but like I said before, if I end up not liking 
astrophotography an 80mm refractor won't cut it for visual use (especially 
since I have an 8" reflector lol) 
Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Thank you- Terry

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