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Old 27-06-2022, 03:41 PM
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Ok, have a setup I'll be testing over the next few nights:
ASI224MC
102mm ED F/7 triplet
Bintel 0.5x 1.25" focal reducer (giving me ~357mm @ F3.5)
AZ-EQ5 Pro in EQ mode
ASILive for stacking

One change I may test over this week is instead of the 0.5x reducer & the scope I could just use the 224MC with my 300mm F/4 Canon lens. Would mean less to cart down & a lighter, easier setup. ASILive seems simple enough, just need practice to get the stack looking good.

Have a list of about 25 "test" targets ranging across the night sky with magnitudes from the Wishing Well Cluster (mag 3) to the Tweezers Galaxy (mag 8.4). It includes galaxies, nebulae, open & closed clusters and will be whittled down to around half a dozen for each night if there is enough interest from those present.

Then I just need to work out what will be visible when. I know I will have a pretty clear view from the north-east, through the north around to the south-west, probably even right around to the south-east. But easterly is likely to be blocked by trees. Even so, it's a much bigger area of sky than I get at home, and darker.

Will post testing results when done - thanks for the help!

Cheers,
Mark
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