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Originally Posted by Dennis
A superb series Joe, these are really quite stunning images. 
I like the reflected stars in the primary mirror of Chris' 'scope - a nice artistic touch. 
Cheers
Dennis |
Hi Dennis,
Thanks, it was nice to meet you.
Chris was called away one night for about 15 minutes. He was kind enough to let me use the scope. I have an 18" dob and another EQ mount that are controlled using the same software and hardware combo as the 28" so I didn't need driving lessons. I positioned it the scope at that angle to optimise the star reflections off the mirror to my camera which I positioned with the Milky Way in the background. The central MW was overhead so I couldn't take advantage of that except in the upward looking image. The scope was tracking and I didn't want to park it so the stars on the mirror are trailed a little and I am well off axis so coma is an issue
but I was very pleased with the outcome of that one.
Joe