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Old 14-03-2016, 11:02 AM
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Andy01 (Andy)
My God it's full of stars

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First Light SV70T- updated image

Picked up the new Stellarvue SV70T from the Fedex depot en route to Snake Valley astrocamp this weekend. Thanks to crazy Melbourne long weekend traffic, we arrived at dusk and unboxed, assembled and setup in the dark.

Couldn't figure out why the stars were not round in the corners until I noticed that I had forgotten to remove a 5mm spacer that was attached to my camera, so the spacing was out. Anyway, with some help from the Bluester and others at SV, we sorted it out eventually but only managed 2x20min 5nm Ha subs before the clouds rolled in for the rest of the weekend.

The image is here

Updated image http://www.astrobin.com/full/241743/B/

First impressions? Well packed and nice build quality. Beautiful precise R&P focuser, strong enough to hold my QSI wsg8 at zenith, nice smooth camera rotation action and I like the useful elevated blocks on the dovetail.

Loving the almost 3.0 x 2.4* FOV, can't wait to get this baby under clear skies!
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Last edited by Andy01; 21-03-2016 at 06:27 PM. Reason: Updated image
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