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Originally Posted by gbeal
Congrats.
I have been further procrastinating about returning to mono, and nearly exchanged yesterday, to find the mono package I was after had been split up. This has effectively knocked me to my senses, and I will carry on using the ST2000XCM, it really is good.
Try some Ha from home, especially if it as light polluted as you suggest, you may be surprised.
Gary
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Hi Gary,
Really frustrated last night. Set everything up in the back yard and just could not get it to focus. I spent 4 hours and just couldnt get anything but fuzz. Then I tried my Meade DSI and couldnt get that to focus either. Usually I use it on the meade ED80 as a guide cam and have never used it on the TV85.
In the cold light of day I tried an 11 mm nagler without a diagonal on my tv85 and guess what, I need at least an extra 50mm to get focus.
It just goes to show, whenever you get a new camera, try it out in the daytime and sort it all out before you rush out and waste an entire night fumbling around in the dark.
I am considering getting a Ha filter. I like Astronomic filters and can get either the 6mm one or the cheaper wider 11mm one. Which would you suggest and which do you use.
Paul