At 21:52 28/09/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Unless you are looking at the planets or the moon, the
>image will be dim and I suspect a dissapointment.
Great, this is the first functionnality I've expexted for this scope

>Having said that the ETX has a focal length of 1250mm which makes it
almost >ideal for taking photos of the moon and the sun (with filter). The
image >scale should fill a 35mm film frame nicely. I took some nice shots
of the >last eclipse.
Great again, I want to do lunar and solar photo

>nice Dob with an 6" or 8" mirror and I'll bet you'd be more satisfied. As
>well the ETX has alot of plastic parts - for what thats worth. I'd choose
>something else.
But with a Dob, you can't do photo as it hasn't got a equatorial mount,
can you ?

And I want to use the etx to do piggy-back photo, I hope it is possible !


Regards,
Guillaume

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