Mark:
I’ve always used 1.25 inch filters with asi1600 camera as I believe most people do. There is minimal vignetting and this easily calibrates out with flats and processing. As far as which narrowband filters in light polluted skies, I use 6nm astronomik with good results. I’m sure the astrodons will be great. Seems like most users recommend 3-6nm for Ha and Sii and 3nm for Oiii just to give you a little more information for the future if you are looking to do pure narrowband down the road.Usual camera settings are higher gain and offset for narrowband...maybe 200gain with 50 offset.
As far as which scope, I have no experience with Newtonian imaging so I’ll let someone else chime in but, I will say short focal length is the easiest and least frustrating way to learn and grow in AP. Short fast refractors maybe 60 to 80mm are for me...cheaper high quality ones- I think skywatcher and william optics are good brands. Seems like people also get good images with the Chinese sharpstar and various rebrands. I have a Stellarvue scope which I love and will stick with the brand though they are a bit more expensive then the others named above. Would try to get scope at f/6 or faster with focal reducer for imaging. It’s windy where I live and bigger scopes are wind sails. Even prime camera lenses work great with asi1600 . There are many excellent wide field shots with rokinon/samyang 135mm inexpensive and easy to use.
Dual imaging rigs are there own animal and very possible if you want to work at setting it up. Saves time and seems like most people collect Lum or Ha in one scope and RGB or Oiii, Sii in the other...for example so you only need one full set of filters to split between the filter wheels.
I would really only look at doing a dual setup if you are pretty experienced with one scope and starting to get a lot of images you are happy with. People that are into this hobby will likely almost universally agree that there is enough to learn with one short focal length scope to keep you busy for quite a while and takings good calibration frames and learning processing is going to be the biggest contributor to taking great images.
Long post but I’ll say one more thing that I have heard others say and have found to be true in my own experience...in AP the most important piece of equipment is the mount, then the camera, the scope is last.
It’s a great hobby. Good luck with whatever you decide.
1. I have OIII and SII 3nm already, so NB set is done for 1.25", some buy also Ha 3nm, but because i wanted NII signal and it is not a big deal for me between 3nm and 5nm in Ha so i am fine with 5nm so far, and i mentioned that if i will use a dual setup and QHY is being used then i can replace that Ha 7nm to Ha 3.5nm cheap one and then i am in great situation for NB, i keep OIII/SII for one camera which is ASI1600, but if i will shoot two filters at once it means that i must find another good filter in my QHY side rather than Optolong which is not bad but not great so far.
2. I still search about which small refractor to get, 50mm or 60mm? 70mm or 80mm? even 90mm and 100mm can be chosen, i just need to find cheap one with good quality so i can buy two of them for dual setup, otherwise i have to force myself to go with two Newt which is never easy anyway even for one, but if i accepted the challenge and the complication then i have to get used to it.
3. I have Canon EF 135mm, similar to Samyang/Rokinon, but all said that the Canon one is less quality due to old model, and not good enough at F/2 like Samyang/Rokinon one, but i asked in a forum if we buy that Baader Highspeed F/2 filter then can we use the lens at F/2 without issues or needing to stop it down to F/4 for example? If it can be done with good result then i can think about buying that 135mm lens from Samyang/Rokinon to have pair 135mm lens, or using a zoom lens and put it at 135mm, i do have Canon 70-200 f2.8 lens, very nice great lens from Canon, i can give it a try at 135mm before i buy another 135mm, but i still think that a scope is better in astro than a lens.
4. I just asked people recently or today this date about adding third camera and this would be a cooled OSC, so one camera is a mono with NB filters and L, and second camera could be either OSC for RGB at once or my second mono with RGB, for me time is the quality, i had enough issues last years where i felt like sometimes it is better to have more gear than facing all kind of issues with one setup and then ending up with totally wasted night even doing one filter, so with two cameras or three i will always have more data to play with even with issues than using one camera only and barely i can get 2-3 targets done in half year, until now i don't have even one single nice DSO image since 2017 regardless i have full set of filters and 2 different scopes can be used for different targets, so i ended up doing planetary imaging instead, but i love DSO so i return back to it, and now i am making sure i have all setup i need, not just one, but two or even three if necessary, i have side by side dovetail, and my mount already have an extra included saddle if i want to place another scope on the mount, so they won't do that if the mount isn't good for it, and with say 50lb or 45lb at best there are many small scopes or systems can be used within this capacity load.
Sorry for my long reply, i ask all the world everywhere, here and in groups and forums as i don't want to buy and regret, but most likely i can't just listen to those who only either suggest very cheap affordable which i won't hold long or something expensive not very expensive but i can't afford it, and even if i afford it may not solve all my problems for long run, many told me go for RASA, why RASA? because of F/2? I have Canon 135mm F2 and even another lenses at F1.4 and F/1.8, none did make things easier for me, data is fast yes, but the issue wasn't about getting very quick exposure, but to have exposures for each filter when changing, i did get Ha and RGB data with 135mm at F/2 in 3 nights or barely 2 nights, so F/2 didn't cut it for me yet, and with RASA i know i need belongings and extras for it which add more to the cost, i want to avoid that, 2 separate scopes/cameras for me is more convenient than using one very fast scope and keep changing filters, i don't have autofocuser and with F/2 it won't be any easier, and many said that SCT designs are prons to temp and thermal, i have no time to deal with that too, but sounds people don't want to do the search homework to help so they just advise whatever in their minds without thinking about all pros/cons coming with it, i should decide about with pros/cons i can handle between different options.
Thanks