Well..?..long story (don't ask)...but here are the very first images taken with
the ProLine and Starfire 152EDF F7.5
I Had to use a 2" diagonal in the image train to reach focus which is not ideal with such a big camera so I must get an extension tube or better still some adapters so I can use the 4" field flattener.
Two test images only but the Starfire shows promise given I wasn't using
the 4" field flattener - I don't have the adapters to connect it to
the CFW-2-7.
The Omega Cen shot is quite cropped to remove the vignetting (need a
light box, which is coming)and I had trouble with the blue frame as
fog rolled in very quickly so the colour balance isn't quite right.
The Lagoon is full frame but taken through rather heavy fog :-(
The FLI ProLine is a great camera and very easy to use. The super fast download of the 35mm 11 mega pixel frames is great.
The NJP performed flawelessly as usual even not perfectly balanced (I added the diagonal after balancing the scope and this threw it off big time)
Need some practise at doing all these blasted darks and bias and soon flats, flat darks and flat bias etc.. takes up heaps of memory
No APOD's but it's a start :-)
Click on "original" size (not the image) at the bottom of each image
screen to see the largest file.
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/gallery/proline_and_starfire_apo
Mike