Reply To: What is your ideal telescope for astrophotography?

[Dr Paul Leyland]

Robin Leadbeater wrote:

in positions 2 and 7 here you have a Dobsonian mounted scopes which are not suitable for astrophotography

Andy Wilson wrote:

While planetary imaging has different needs.

Indeed.

Martin Lewis takes some absolutely superb planetary images with his Dobsonian mounted telescopes. The rings of Uranus and surface detail on each of Ganymede, Mercury, and Venus are among some of his achievements.