Medium RC Omega Cent

[Peter Ward]

I have to say..these RC scopes are not too shabby at all !

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/images/GSO/gsongc5189.html

Things to note:
Used a cracker of a CCD and equatorial mount ;)

....but, at FL of 1600mm most functioning GEM's would have done the job very well.

[Benny L]

very nice indeed :) any chance of seeing what these can do with a full-frame rather than an APS crop? :)

[renormalised]

Wow...Nice "O" there, Peter!!. Those stars are sharp:D

[citivolus]

If it wasn't for the diffraction spikes, that could be mistaken for a 6" refractor.

I want to see how one of these performs on something like the Crab nebula :)

[rat156]

Hi Peter,

You want to sell the RCOS scope adapter?

It seems strange to piggyback a GSO 8" on the RCOS.

Cheers
Stuart

[multiweb]

Definitely bang for the buck! Very nice.

[Peter Ward]

Not strange at all...I'm seriously looking at keeping one of these for myself as a "grab and go" (which the RCOS is definately not) scope hence wanted to see what it could do.

Given I didn't feel like setting up & polar aligning a second mount & I have a perfectly aligned PME sitting in the dome... mounting the GSO as guidescope on steroids seemed like a good idea :)

[renormalised]

Think that's strange, go take a gander at this!!!!....

http://www.atmob.org/gallery/showimage.php?id=573

Who uses a 10" Meade as a guidescope!!!!!:eyepop:
What about the other one....6" refractor, at least. I'd be happy with either of them:eyepop:

[renormalised]

The RCOS is a "grab n' go" scope.....for Arnold Schwarzenegger:eyepop::P:P:D

[Peter Ward]

OK...same URL. The image now changes to an uncropped 35mm field when you roll your mouse cursor over it.