31-03-2010, 11:41 AM
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Mel Davis
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 34
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6SE on a wedge
Am I wasting my time trying to image with a 6SE on a wedge? Does anybody agree with the findings of the 2008 review (quoted in part below)? Advice please.
"Decent Wedge, but Not Needed For a Painful Reason
Written: Feb 24 '08
Product Rating: http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_i..._big_stars.gif Pros: Sturdy construction, low mass, built in azimuth and latitude adjustment.
Cons: The scopes it is designed for do not have practical photographic tracking ability (See Review).
The Bottom Line: There is no need for this component given the unusably poor equatorial performance of the NexStar SE mount.
Pirich's Full Review: Celestron (93658) ...........
The Celestron 93658 wedge is a reasonably well executed mechanical device for one of the more tedious parts of astronomy- polar alignment. Unfortunately, the mount it is designed to go with has serious tracking issues for long exposure astrophotography. Unless a redesign is undertaken on the NexStar SE series mount, there simply is no reason to buy or use the matching wedge.
Recommended:
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Last edited by MelD; 31-03-2010 at 11:42 AM.
Reason: Punctuation
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