The Companion of Antares

[RichardJ]

In and around last years lockdown I rebuilt a 16-inch Meade Starfinder into a truss tube Dob. I call it Tiny, the telescope. I use it on a Blandin equatotial platform which gives me smooth tracking.

Tiny had its first imaging session and this was one of my first targets.

RichardJ :)

[Dennis]

Lovely - nice colours and separation.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Tinderboxsky]

Fabulous result Richard.

[miki63au]

:thumbsup::eyepop:

[multiweb]

That's a great shot Richard. :thumbsup: Nice colors and separation. I like what you did with the scope trusses. How long can you expose while tracking before you see any noticeable drift? Is that fitted with an Argo Navis?

[strongmanmike]

Lovely job there Tiny, nicely resolved :thumbsup:

Mike

[RichardJ]

Hi Marc,

Even guessing the polar alignment for visual use it hardly shows any drift. For photography I use SharpCap and live stack with very short subs so drift is not too much of an issue.

Richard.

[multiweb]

Are you going to image that Jupiter moons occultation this Sunday?

[RichardJ]

Hi Marc,

My planets app says it will be early Monday morning. Is that right? Should be stunning.
Not sure I can manage it from my home but will explore further.

Richard.