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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Mike I have been getting round stars using a lightweight $350 Vixen 95 LMC scope on the CDK at 2 metre. It weighs hardly anything, is robust and easy to focus and is just over 1 metre in focal length and it is quite small with 2 holes in the casting near the focuser which you simply bolt to your top dovetail plate and shove the Lodestar in the eyepiece holder, focus and you are off.
Greg.
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Good idea Greg, I will have to do
something if I go back to the big black bird and piggyback guiding
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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr
That's a great image Mike, nice detail and you have captured lots of faint extensions as well. ... and no darks? Amazing stuff |
Cheers Dave, yeah lazyman imaging, it's great, can move the camera between sessions and no problemo, no new flats need to be taken etc - can just concentrate on taking pictures
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
another fine galaxy image Mike - beautiful work. Interested that you had some vignetting with 1.25 filters - have not noticed much at f4.
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Cheers Ray, I didn't have much either but enough to be annoying and prevent true lazyman flatless imaging
without cropping a bit off