[pasmembers] Re: Astrophotography questions
- From: Terry Dancer <tmranger86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 14:02:39 -0700
Thanks Albert! Btw I love the president to debt ratio pic you have!!!
Sent from my iPhone 4S
On Jul 7, 2013, at 1:58 PM, "AT" <atuk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> You are right on track Terry, a good mount is 3/4 of astronomy, and the tube
> is 1/2 :)
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> Albert
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> From: pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Dancer
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 12:17 PM
> To: PAS
> Subject: [pasmembers] Astrophotography questions
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> 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!
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> Thank you- Terry
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> Sent from my iPhone 4S
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