I am interested in purchasing a Catadioptric Telescope for use on an Astroview Mount. Portability is a consideration but I mainly want it to compliment my 80mm apo to get more detailed views of planets and see more and fainter DSOs. Astrophotography is not a consideration and modification of the mount to attach it would be no problem. So, what is the largest and best unit that I can mount on the Astroview for visual use. All advice is welcome.
Maximum Sized Catadioptric on an Orion Astroview
Started by mte1955, 12/12/2007 04:04PM
Posted 12/12/2007 04:04PM
| Edited 12/13/2007 12:41PM
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Posted 12/12/2007 07:36PM
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Michael Tencza said:
I am interested in purchasing a Cardiotropic Telescope for use on an Astroview Mount. Portability is a consideration but I mainly want it to compliment my 80mm apo to get more detailed views of planets and see more and fainter DSOs. Astrophotography is not a consideration and modification of the mount to attach it would be no problem. So, what is the largest and best unit that I can mount on the Astroview for visual use. All advice is welcome.
I have an AstroView/EQ-3 mount. I have a set of Vixen SP legs under it, the aluminum legs are not stiff enough to give a solid view. I use it with a 130mm F/5 Newtonian. It would definitely be undersized for an 8 inch SCT and it is plenty good for my C-5 OTA. I am not familiar with the C-6 but I would guess it would be OK...
Got to say though, for DSOs and planetary detail, the old 8 inch DOB is small-car portable and will show more than a smaller cat by a ways.
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