Thanks Clayton and Frank.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Nice going Tony!
A lot more of Mars to see there than I've been able to get through these clouds. You must be happy with that.
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The weather has been crook alright, but it had been getting a bit dry lately. I had only just got the QHY5 to capture images two nights ago and the sky was sort of clear last night so I made the efort to drag out all the gear. The camera performed well as did the mount (I've had the NEQ6 out for a grand total of 3 times since I bought it at the beginning od December.
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Originally Posted by Lester
Nice images Tony. I have found that a 4" refractor can perform very well compared to my 14" SCT in turbulant seeing conditions. But as the conditions improve the resolving ability of the extra aperture takes over.
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The 4" is not apo or ED or anything but I really want to use it as my Lunar and Solar scope, but since IU was given the QHY5, I want to try and do planetary with it too... but I REALLY want aperture, I also really want a dedicated CCD camera (sigh)... I must be happy with what I have
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I was looking at the image a bit today... didn't have much time after capture, processing, sleep then work
to do that. I was trying to work out what region I was imaging and I think the brighter feature near the center if the disk is Elysium Mons, and Olympus Mons is on the leading limb.
Actually I'm pretty stoked... NEED MORE GLASS!!!