RE: [APML] choosing a guidescope

[Craig McIntyre <craigmcintyre@optushome.com.au>]

Alan, Jerry, Jeff, thanks for the replies. I guess the solution is
perhaps not as straight forward as I thought. I'll look into some of the
other off axis solutions, but I'll have to weigh this up against my
longer term plans of going to a decent refractor.

Cheers,
Craig.

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 23:06, Jeff Ball wrote:
> Oh, Craig, I guess with the SCT you would have to find a way to secure
> the mirror if you use the STV/Efinder.  Good luck.
> 
> Best regards,
> Jeff Ball
> www.astro-photography.com
> G'day,
> 
> 3. Is there anything else I should look for in a guidescope?
> 
> I also don't want to spent too much money on a guidescope. The Orion
> above is attractive to me because it can also be used as a nice visual
> instrument or for photography as well, and it's at a good price. I found
> some good shots taken through it here: 
> http://www.liquidfusion.com.au/astro/ed80/ed80pics.htm
> 
> Eventually I want to add an autoguider to my rig, but in the mean time
> I'm guiding by a Mk1 human eyeball <g>.
> 
> Cheers,
> Craig.
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