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Old 20-01-2019, 08:39 AM
Rob52 (Rob)
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Originally Posted by kens View Post
Imaging at 650mm FL on an alt-az is always going to be a challenge. Do you have a shorter lens for your camera - say 200mm FL? There are plenty of targets for which that would be an appropriate FL. and you'll be able to expose 3x longer.
The 650mm is my Skywatcher Newtonian, Yes i do have an 18/250 mm lens for the camera. I was thinking of getting an L
bracket to mount the camera to the alt-az. To do the star alignment would i just use live view on the camera?
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