Posts Made By: doug downey

I have a very nice tamron 20x60 catadioptric zoom spotting scope which I use mostly on land but is great for viewing the moon and even some imaging thru.I am interested buying a refractor for the same purpose,ie imaging on land such as birds to bears with the capability to be mounted on an eq mount for some astrophotography.It has to be very portable as it would mostly be used while camping.Is something like the stellarvue nighthawk to be considered for both land and astro? thanks in advance. doug

I'm new to all this so I'm just throwing this out there.I've purchased a celestron c6 xlt which I pick up Tues.Reading reviews it says max. mag. is 354 which I imagine would be under best seeing conditions.If I want an eyepiece for such occasions should I go with something like a 3-6 nagler zoom which would be usefull from around 4mm or something I can use with a 2.5 powermate,which I have and reach max power with a another eyepiece?I realize there are other variables and I'm just curious as to other opinions. Thanks Doug