First Light TV85

[Zuts]

Eta Carina

Camera, EOS 400D unmodded

Exposures, 9 by 240 sec lights, 3 by 240 sec darks

Scope, Televue 85 with 0.8 reducer

Filters, Astronomic UHC, Baader UV/IR

Mount, EQ6

Guiding, PHD with Meade LPI and Meade ED80

Conditions, Full Moon from Glebe

Paul

[h0ughy]

what a wonderful first light present for christmas!!

[leon]

Nice one Paul, great colour, guiding, and first light, well done indeed. ;)

leon :thumbsup:

[theodog]

Great images like this from the city & under moonlight -why do I live in the sticks? hehe.
Well done!
Cheers

[richardo]

This is a very good show case object to start the Televue off with!.
They are lovely scopes and I'm sure your loving it.
Stars are beautiful pin pricks showing you had optimal focus.
Colour looks spot as well.
There's quite a bit of jpeg compression happening, I'd love to see a full image of this if it is possible.

Any way, top start with the scope.
Look forward to more of your images.

Cheers
Rich

[IanL]

Paul for full moon conditions that is a great result.

[iceman]

Fantastic first light! Great image!
When did you get the TV85?

[2020BC]

That's a fine photo.

[Zuts]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement,

Mike, I got this scope new last week, televue are having a 10% off sale and i couldnt help myself :).

Things I have noticed about it, for visual it gives flat fields even with a 35mm Panoptic something the Meade ED80 could never do even with a 16 mm Nagler. Star colours and contrast are also superior.

Also I notice minimal vignetting with the 0.8 televue reducer. All in all I am very happy with this scope. I just wish I had a modded or CCD camera so i could get the nice reds and go a bit deeper.

The photo was taken with a UHC filter which seems to give good results even with the full moon high in the sky. I just wish i could get some dark sky data.

I am going on holiday but cant take all my photo gear, still I am planning on taking the scope a few nice eyepieces and an az3 mount and will see how it performs under dark sky.

I'm amazed that this little scope cost me two thirds the price of my Nexstar 11 and still horrified that I actually handed over the cash, a moment of weakness i no longer regret :).

Rich, I would like to post the full image but dont have a photo store setup, so sorry.

Paul

[jase]

Indeed, a nice first light for this instrument Paul. Stars look round, but are lacking a little colour. Overall a job well done. Look forward to seeing more from you.