I have recently set myself up with a new portable rig comprising a Telescope Express Imaging Star 71mm F 4.9 5 element APO, Skywatcher AZEQ5GT & Skywatcher Synscan Guider. Prior to heading out to the bush I thought that it would be nice to test it out to get a feel for how wide a pic it took and so I mated to my Sony A7s and tried it out with some Easy M8 and pals! After a really simple to do 2 star align and polar alignment the target came in exactly as shown in the pic. The picture itself is 42 X 15 seconds (lots of LP so time was kept low) at ISO 3200. I think the result is not bad and I'm looking to get it out of the LP and into the dark skies ASAP. The pic was processed in Pixinsight (DBE applied to get rid of the LP) and finished in photoshop. Overall I'm happy with the gear and I'm thinking of all the targets that will do it justice.
Large Pic
http://www.astrobin.com/full/217163/0/
There is also a version with 5 minutes of integration and using the Unmodded Canon 6D
http://www.astrobin.com/full/215998/0/
Thanks for looking
Paul
