#Is this scope good?

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late scaffold
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I have kson 120/700mm AZ telescope, now i am thinking to buy a scope for Astrophotography, my budget is low too, so i think this scope is best for me

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peak flume
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I am not very experienced yet, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I believe the mount it says this one comes with (eq3) is a bit light-weight for that scope + photography gear. But it's also a bit confusing because the pictures show a mount that looks a lot more like an eq5 version.

cobalt coyote
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Do you want to do deep sky astrophotography or planetary?

late scaffold
cobalt coyote
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I wouldn’t recommend this scope as it’s heavy and its focal length is pretty high, requiring an expensive mount to do astrophotography

For deep sky, the mount is actually more important than the scope as you aim for long and accurate exposures

The mount shown in the pictures isn’t motorized, meaning you won’t even be able to capture subs that are more than a few seconds long

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Shorter scopes are great for low budgets and can get amazing results
longer focal length doesn’t mean it’s better, there are a lot of big targets to image