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Old 08-07-2013, 05:37 PM
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Test. Unguided 15mins at 2400mm FL

I installed my scope over the weekend at siding spring in the itelescope OBS. This is a rough test pic.

M75 Lum on a new STXL6303E camera, RCOS 10” OTA and PME.

The image is a single 15min sub (bin 2), darks applied and curved. Looks pretty clean, happy with that.

Its not a great pic, blown to hell, but the killer is, its 15min UNGUIDED at 2400mm FL !!!. PEC was OFF !.

Brad did a 300 point map for me and Protrac was on. He also tweaked the Tpoint terms. I have never had it set up this well before! .

We got polar alignment within 30arcsecs, not great, but seems to be more than sufficient.

It was also unfocused, I forgot to, the OTA sat in my car for 6hrs driving up there since the last focus run. RCOS make em sturdie ;-).

Pete was also very helpfull and a great host .

Im chuffed at how well the install went looking forward to proper pics.

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Old 08-07-2013, 05:57 PM
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Impressive. Is that the observatory you helped automate Fred?
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Old 08-07-2013, 06:20 PM
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Yes, and thats working well too
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Old 08-07-2013, 06:51 PM
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Where's the big frame Freddo? Can't tell anything from that little frame.

Seriously, though 15 minutes unguided without PEC and round stars is very cool.
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Old 08-07-2013, 07:18 PM
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Old 09-07-2013, 08:11 AM
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Hi Fred, I can track for 5.5 seconds unguided that is a great setup.
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Old 09-07-2013, 05:25 PM
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yes well, not that I would not use guiding, but its handy to know its that stable. I dont know if unguided would be that good at all times and positions. Not being able to go longer than a few seconds unguided is not such a problem if guiding is good, but I find now I can use 10 or 20 sec guide exposures without a problem with the built in OAG guide chip (before the filters) that this new SBIG has, rather than needing to rotate the cam to find a bright guide star for standard 2sec guide exposures. I tried 40min subs last night, worked a treat.

The External STi guide cam with the pissy tiny lens kit is a supprise too, it works very well without the weight and flex of a large guide scope.
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Please tell me you're not running the old TheSky6 and the ancient Tpoint for Windows software.
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Old 09-07-2013, 07:38 PM
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Um yes, and theres good reasons for that. Ask Brad why at AAIC.
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Awesome Fred !
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I'd call that one a success Fred!
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Thanks Guys. This all very well, but now I gotta back it up with proper pics
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