Currently, my rig is as follows:
William Optics Pleiades 68
William Optics UniGuide 32mm
ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro
ZWO ASI120MM-Mini Camera
ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256GB
Emcan EM31Pro mount
Emcan TC44S tripod
ZWO EAF
ZWO 2" EFW
After doing some nice pics of nebulas and bigger galaxies, and then "discovering" an asteroid using Blink, I have been feeling like I want to do more.
And that's when I stumbled onto the subject of Exoplanets and it seems that, with my rig, I am not going to be able to do anything fainter than ~13-14 magnitude, with 12 being the likely barrier.
I have been looking at getting a ZWO ASI2600MM Duo to help introduce more precision into the guiding process, while moving to monochrome, which everything I have read, suggests is better than color.
For a modest increase in scope aperture, I have been looking at the following scopes:
Apertura CarbonStar 150 Imaging Newtonian (possibly with 0.95x Coma Corrector)
Apertura CarbonStar 6" Ritchey-Chretien (possibly a Apertura 0.67x Ritchey-Chrétien Focal Reducer | I might be able to convince myself the $$$ is worth it to go to the 8")
Which will likely be the best bet, given their differences, setup headaches, etc?
~Thanks in advance for any input provided!