NGC6726 first light FLI ML16 camera

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RickS

An excellent first light, Greg!

Thanks Rick. I am happy with the cleanness of the images from the camera and the vibrance/brightness it seems to impart.

Greg.

[beren]

Congrats Greg very nice image for first light with that fine gear

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

A very nice rendition Greg, despite the seeing conditions!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by beren

Congrats Greg very nice image for first light with that fine gear

Thanks very much Beren.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A very nice rendition Greg, despite the seeing conditions!

Cheers Marcus. Yes seeing is rolling the dice. The Honder though is less susceptible to weaker seeing than the CDK though. That really shines in good seeing and is poor in poor seeing.

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Cheers Marcus. Yes seeing is rolling the dice. The Honder though is less susceptible to weaker seeing than the CDK though. That really shines in good seeing and is poor in poor seeing.

Do you find that is anything other than the considerably longer FL at play?

[andyc (Andy)]

Cracking image Greg! Got that 'hairy' look in the reflection nebula, and a whole heap of detail.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Do you find that is anything other than the considerably longer FL at play?

I don't think so I think its just really focal length. As far as the AP scope versus CDK the AP scope is way better baffled and seems to cut though light pollution better than any other scope I have had. 6 micron pixels gives 1.1 arc secs of image scale on the Honders and the 16803 with 9 microns gives .63 arc sec per pixel on the CDK so the smaller image scale does require better seeing to resolve fine detail.

Originally Posted by andyc

Cracking image Greg! Got that 'hairy' look in the reflection nebula, and a whole heap of detail.

Thanks Andy. I am happy with the performance of the AP scope. Its got typically sharp optics.