Re: Telescope upgrade


McSlemon Wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been enjoying astronomy for quite some time now but am getting a
> little fed up with my equipment.. mainly because it wasn't treated as
> well as it should have been when I was a little younger - regrettably.
>
> For a while, I've been looking at the Celestron NexStar 130SLT:
>
> http://www.dhinds.co.uk/pages/fullProd.php?id=465
>
> Apart from taking a looking at celestial objects, I'd like to take a
> step into astrophotography. Now I realise that to take pictures of
> planets like Saturn, I'd only need a short exposure as its quite
> bright.
>
> Would this telescope be suitable for longer exposures as I'm under the
> impression that you would need a wedge to track objects across the
> sky.
>
> I guess my question is what do you think of the Celestron NexStat
> 130..
> and what should be my options in the long term for photography?
>
> Thanks for any help.

At £280 for a 5" Newt its moderately priced but I'm unsure how stable
these single arm scopes are - I suspect they are primarily visual
scopes. For deepsky stuff [beyond the moon and brighter planets] you
need an equatorial rather than altazimuth mount as here.

Any chance of you visiting the London Astrofest this Friday/Saturday
where dozens of different scopes on view and plenty of 'advise' about?
I hope to be in the Club/Society area as usual.

Nytecam


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