Nice toy! I'm going to ask the same for father's day see if that works.
Mrs Rick: "what do you want for Father's Day?" Me: "oh, nothing. I'll just get myself a little astro toy." Mrs Rick immediately switches off all mental processing and interest: "that's nice dear."
Thanks, Dunk. The ASI1600 looks like a great fit for this application. The smaller sensor won't tax lenses too much and low read noise will allow short subs on a less capable mount like the Star Adventurer. The theory looks good, apart from taking a bit of a punt on how well my NB filters will work at very fast f-ratios. Now I just need to prove it in practice
Mrs Rick: "what do you want for Father's Day?" Me: "oh, nothing. I'll just get myself a little astro toy." Mrs Rick immediately switches off all mental processing and interest: "that's nice dear."
I cannot confirm nor deny the use of that strategy in the past
However a 9.25 Celestron SCT is the same colour as the 8 in version and a QSI583 is the same colour as a DSI II and a Tak em200 mount looks a lot like a White EQ6.
However a 9.25 Celestron SCT is the same colour as the 8 in version and a QSI583 is the same colour as a DSI II and a Tak em200 mount looks a lot like a White EQ6.
He's had the same carton of Asahi for several years too.
I reckon the biggest heist for me was (allegedly) swapping a 2" 180mm GSO extension tube with a Starizona Hyperstar III. Now that's ROI on contrebande.
One warning that I would give, although the ASI1600 has a small sensor, it also has suitably small pixels! The smaller sensor helps with correction from off-axis issues but the small pixels don't help hide the on-axis ones
Looks like a very nice and compact combo Rick. I look forward to seeing Rick's magic with CMOS
Thanks, Suavi. I'll try to live up to those expectations
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Originally Posted by Atmos
One warning that I would give, although the ASI1600 has a small sensor, it also has suitably small pixels! The smaller sensor helps with correction from off-axis issues but the small pixels don't help hide the on-axis ones
Understood, Colin. I have a couple of very good lenses so hopefully the main problem will merely be finding good focus at very fast f-ratios