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Hi Doug,
A 12 inch Meade, how come you sold it? I was thinking of getting that or a C11 to put on the EQ6 mount. Did you have the Meade on your EQ6 and if so was there any room to spare for a guidescope and camera? Man it must have been a lovely scope and given you some stunning views.
I was asking about the barlow for the Meade ED80. The reticle i have gives me over 300 mag on the Nexstar and already the image is very dark. On the ED 80 I can use my 2 by Powermate but even that will only give me around 90 mag which may make it tough to drift align. Maybe I need a 3 by barlow?
I did consider getting a Giant easyguider and actually ordered one from OPT corp. I didnt get it in the end because I decided the expense was too great. Around 500 AUD including postage. Rather than spend that on a guider I got the Meade ED80 and a reticle which I felt was far better value as i can image through the ED80. Bloody hell if i had the money I would have got the lot.
I think that image is great. I wish I could get my stars like that. Its discouraging but when you see what is possible from photos like yours and others on this forum it makes you want to try and try again.
I am interested that you took that image from light polluted skies. If you look down the bottom of this post you can see some of my images. The first shows how light polluted Glebe skies are. The second is taken using an Orion skyglow filter. If you look carefully around the bright star you will see a diffuse ring of light. I cant imagine what causes this but guess it is something to do with the filter. All my bright star images have this ring. When you image from Cambeltown do you use a filter and if so do you get this strange diffuse ring around bright stars?
Anyway, enjoying chatting with you m8 and clear skies.
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