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Originally Posted by Slawomir
Looks awesome Mike 
Is your new shiny wide-field setup faster than your Newtonian-SX camera combo? I know resolution and image scales are completely different, but I am curious which one gets a clean image more quickly? |
Thanks Suavi
That's a difficult question, my 12" is F3.8 while the 4.2" FSQ is F5, so technically the FSQ is slower but it is hard to compare depth and cleanliness of an image, as wide field imaging can reveal extended objects quite well and give the impression of going deeper than the narrow field instrument because the extended object looks more compact and can appear brighter. Both systems get clean images quickly and both cameras are low noise (the SXH694 ridiculously so) but I am no Ray Shiraz on the comparative technicalities of this....Hopefully he chimes in, make an interesting discussion
Mike