CARINA w/ED80

[FOOTPRINT]

Hi All,
For comparison two pictures of the Carina Nebula, taken with an ED80+Canon EOS300D (modded) one at F-7.5 the other with an F-6.3 Focal reducer added (Meade SCT one) although not a flat field it is of some use in getting a wider FOV, If anyone knows of a good flat field reducer for the ED80 id love to know what it is.

Pix 4 x 6 Min. at ISO 800, DF removed, guided.


cheers...Jim

[leon]

Nice going there Jim, love ETA/C

Cheers Leon

[JohnG]

Nice Shots.

This could be what you are looking for:

http://televue.com/engine/page.asp?ID=169

TeleVue TRF-2008, 0.8x Reducer/Flattener for 400 to 600mm refractors.

Cheers

JohnG :thumbsup:

[Astroman]

Niiice love both but the wider view gets my first preference...

Great job, keep em coming :)

[anthony.tony]

Hello there I just purchased a 0.6 focal reducer for $95.oo from Telescopes and astornomy in S.A.I have not used it yet.If I have got it right it will turn my ED80 Pro from F7.5 [0.6 X 7.5 =4.5] to run at F/4.5 .I had a look through it last night visually.easy to pic the biggger field.I am hoping it will work well at Prime Focus. Tony

[RB]

Nice comparison Jim, great images.

Thanks for the info link JohnG !

:thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Beautiful shots - I like!!
Doug

[Ric]

Hi Jim, great images, they are well resolved and full of detail. The colour in them is very natural looking as well.

Thanks for sharing

[FOOTPRINT]

Hi All, Thanks for the comments, and JohnG thanks for that info., I had a look at it, seems O.K. but the price is that of an ED80, bit expensive when you compare it to the Celsetron/Meade reducers, Anthony.tony- It will be interesting to see what your reducer does on the ED80, There is a MOGG reducer (no flattener) which works quite well, but with the expected Coma as there is no correction for this with just a single Lens, and its very affordable and does a good job, The Celestron/Meade reducers (F-6.3) work also but with some distortion.cheers......Jim

[spearo]

good work there
nice shots both of them
and thanks for the comparison
frank

[h0ughy]

gee thats nice, both shots. That ED really rocks!

[stephenmcnelley]

Sensational ED image Jim, just lovely.
Hue and saturation are heavily biased towards the red spectrum though, a bit overpowering.