Asto gear at the moment

[Ian Ward]

I am awaiting the shops to fill up with new things to buy but for now -

• Optron CEM 45 EC mount
• Meade 6000 series 70mm telescope
• Altair 26M main camera
• ZWO filter wheel full of ZWO filters except for Asrodon 7nm Oiii
• Pegasus Astro focus cube
• Pegasus Astro Ultimate Power Box 2
• Beelink computer
• Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50ED guide scope
• Altair GP 130M guide camera

 

Sorry can't get the image to go the right way up! (Sorted - JK 🙂)

 

 

 

[Marmot]

If you have all that kit already, what’s on your shopping list?

There’s some nice kit there and it has to be said, it’s very colourful 🙂

[Ian Ward]

I would like a telescope with deeper reach so I am looking at a William Optics FLT 132 but of course then will the mount take the extra weight?

I may have to move up to a iOptron CEM 70.

Hahaha it never stops.

[Carastro]

54 minutes ago, Ian Ward said:

I would like a telescope with deeper reach so I am looking at a William Optics FLT 132 but of course then will the mount take the extra weight?

I may have to move up to a iOptron CEM 70.

Hahaha it never stops.

So long as you don't get rid of your wider field scope, you may regret it if you do when you want to image the larger nebulae. 

 

Carole 

[TerryMcK]

I suspect you will need a bigger mount for the 132. It is a heavy OTA with lots of glass at 9KG. Add camera, flattener, guide scope, filter wheel etc and the 40 will probably handle it but most astrophotographers say go for 2/3rd the capacity of the mount for photography. So you may be on the photo limit. Just my thoughts.

Of course the CEM70 will handle it with ease and if you keep the 40 you can have 2 rigs going at once. Double bubble.