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Old 06-08-2020, 08:31 AM
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Neowise with Cometracker

Last night had a view of Neowise in a gap between trees. Windy, so used the old 6 inch f3.6 SN Meade Cometracker scope. 10 x 2 mins iso 800. EOS Ra camera. Off axis guided aligned on comet in IRIS finished in photoshop. Light pollution and stray light to contend with.
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Old 06-08-2020, 08:42 AM
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Very nice.
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Old 06-08-2020, 08:51 AM
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Scott,
Great image, well done!
(It was nice to see the ol' Meade 6" Cometseeker was used - I have one which is still in full working nick. After all these years it's good to see them still being appreciated)
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Old 06-08-2020, 09:57 AM
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Thanks all. Yep it works very nice visually with a good eyepiece too. Gorgeous wide angle views with a 16mm nagler. Scope is easy to keep clean with sealed optics though the lack of AR costing on the optical windows causes reflections of bright stars.
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Old 07-08-2020, 08:41 AM
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Very nice Scott. You got some really nice colour in this image.
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Old 11-08-2020, 08:44 AM
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Yes...good work Scott. Nice and smooth and detailed...always wanted a comet catcher.I remember when they were first advertised i looong time ago back when i got my orange C8.
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Old 11-08-2020, 08:54 AM
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Yeah,
I don't know why they don't re-issue 6" f3.6 Schmidt-Newtonian CometSeeker. It punched well above its weight.
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