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Originally Posted by Star Catcher
Looking good Paul. Back on track with your planet work
Ted
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Thanks Ted, it took viewing some excellent images coming out of Australia to get my butt back into gear. Though I am not liking the sleep deprived feeling. Two nights in a row is starting to bring on the flaky feeling.
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Originally Posted by johnnyt123
OMG!
thats all I have to say...
does any one have a C14 for sale??
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Thanks John. I recommend bigger still. Bigger the better. Though a C14 is fairly manageable.
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Originally Posted by glend
Inspiring Paul! You are the Planet Master. Can you share your equipment used, other than the C14, like barlow, camera?
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Thanks Glen. Maybe master of equipment and perhaps processing but that is all for nought without the good seeing. The seeing is the real master in this game. I had to strike a really good night sometime. This image is from the night before last and the seeing was not as good. Last night the seeing was sublime. Good stuff to enter for next years Malins.
The equipment I am using is C14 with 2x TV barlow, Nautilus electronic filter wheel, with Astronomiks type two filters and ZWO 174MM camera. All that sitting on my crap old CGE mount which has more backlash in it than a shaky old tripod. Cooling of the scope is managed by a peltier cooling system I installed in 2007.