mike@dolqci.UUCP (Stormcrow) (08/08/85)
A friend of mine and I just purchased a new Meade 2080
Eight-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain scope. Basic numbers are focal length
2000mm, f/10. We've both been interested in astronomy for the past
10 or 15 years, so we have most of the basics down. The problem: This
is a bare-bones scope (includes a 25mm and a 9mm eyepiece, clock drive,
and a 6x30 finder, that's it.) and with all the options out there, we
really don't know where to start. We want to do alot of
Astrophotography, both deep space and planetary, but can't afford to go
out and buy everything at once. (I figure eventually we'll need at least
an off-axis guider, illum. reticle, t-mount, drive corrector, filters,
etc,etc,etc.) I'm after basic recommendations as to what to start with,
and any help at all would be a big help.
Thanks in advance.
Mike Stalnaker.
(seismo,hao,cbosgd)!dolqci!mike
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