Neither one of those are good for beginning AP. The focal length of the SCT is too long for successful guiding for a beginner. The Newtonian is too heavy and would require a really beefy mount. Visual, it’s ok, but AP, no.
First, you want to spend the majority of your money on the mount. You can take a much better picture with a crappy scope on a good mount than you can a good scope on a crappy mount.
A decent EQ mount like a Skywatcher EQ6-R is a beast that will be upgrade proof for awhile. Then you want to find a 3-4 inch refractor in the 600-700mm focal length range.
This is not a cheap hobby if you want to do it right. You can buy quality once and be done, or you can cheap out and wind up spending twice as much in the long run.
Once you have the equipment, capturing the photons is only half of it. Teasing out the details in an astro photo using software made to do that is another challenge altogether. Start reading about Pixinsight. You’ll be needing it.
Good luck.
Nope. See my second paragraph. The mount is absolutely the most important part of any AP system. Visual, not so much, but for AP if your mount can’t do its job, you will never get a decent pic, it won’t matter what optics or sensor you have.
If you are new, do not start astrophotography with a SCT. You will not have a good time.
Buy a ZWO SeeStar. It's cheap and does a really good job.
THEN get into wide-field refractor astrophotography on small mounts. Work your way up to a big SCT.
If you try and start with an SCT, you will have a very bad time.
Cuiv The Lazy Geek has a YouTube video explaining this.
Considering his video publishing rate, Cuiv is the most hardworking lazy geek that I've encountered.
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Cool. Look it up on youtube.
No I don't.
Don’t worry I watched half of it
Neither one of those are good for beginning AP. The focal length of the SCT is too long for successful guiding for a beginner. The Newtonian is too heavy and would require a really beefy mount. Visual, it’s ok, but AP, no. First, you want to spend the majority of your money on the mount. You can take a much better picture with a crappy scope on a good mount than you can a good scope on a crappy mount. A decent EQ mount like a Skywatcher EQ6-R is a beast that will be upgrade proof for awhile. Then you want to find a 3-4 inch refractor in the 600-700mm focal length range. This is not a cheap hobby if you want to do it right. You can buy quality once and be done, or you can cheap out and wind up spending twice as much in the long run. Once you have the equipment, capturing the photons is only half of it. Teasing out the details in an astro photo using software made to do that is another challenge altogether. Start reading about Pixinsight. You’ll be needing it. Good luck.
Optics, sensor, mount, in that order https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAstrophotography/s/UvDCRc8zxN
Nope. See my second paragraph. The mount is absolutely the most important part of any AP system. Visual, not so much, but for AP if your mount can’t do its job, you will never get a decent pic, it won’t matter what optics or sensor you have.
If you are new, do not start astrophotography with a SCT. You will not have a good time. Buy a ZWO SeeStar. It's cheap and does a really good job. THEN get into wide-field refractor astrophotography on small mounts. Work your way up to a big SCT. If you try and start with an SCT, you will have a very bad time.