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Old 02-01-2019, 04:41 AM
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Addicted to portable imaging! Feat. Horsehead Nebula

In my ever growing quest to find the best (and cheapest) portable set up continues. I've been experimenting with AZ GTe mount in EQ mode with the new firmware and guiding. I've found that with this mount, you should only guide in RA as DEC has too much backlash to be usable. This is a huge step up from the star adventurer which is a completely manual mount. Having the option of GOTO and platesolving as well as wireless control through wifi is a game changer. AND it's the same price as the star adventurer (give or take $50 depending on where you source it from). There's no reason why you wouldnt take this over the SA.

On to the image itself, I would have preferred more subs but weather wasn't allowing it. I've been using the club's QHY8L which I'm beginning to see the limitation of (a lot of star bleeding and limited resolution and cooling being the prime factor). I got a lot of the feint bits that I'd like to add Ha to with my QHY9 but that would decrease FOV. I think I have too high of an expectation for this set up.

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38 subs @ 120 seconds

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