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Old 01-03-2012, 12:28 PM
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AP CCDT67 FR and GSO10"RC

I have been trialling a series of equipment to see exactly how they interact and in particular I was interested which FR that I have would be compatible with my GSO 10" RC.
I found that the Lumicon 2" screw in FR worked quite well with the GSO 10" RC ( see http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=109802) but I had seen some great shots with the AP CCDT67 FR with the GSO10"RC and so I ordered one. When it came I had the 5" refractor on the mount so I trialled it with that and it gave excellent results (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=110044) and was more than happy.
Last night I managed to do some images with the CCDT67 and the GSO 10" RC and I was very pleased with the result. The first image is an uncorrected full frame from my QHY10 which shows a little vignetting, but this has no flats, darks or bias frames. Its rotated to match the second image which is the full frame field of the qhy10 with no flattener on the GSO RC . The vignetting is easily removed by flats.
Im very happy with this now and can stop fiddling with all these attachments and get down to some serious imaging when the clouds, rain and moon bugger off.
Comments welcomed.
PS I wanted to see if I could process M42 a little differently than all the other images Ive done and did it to look like an "old manuscript"
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