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Originally Posted by batema
Hi Shane,
I think this is an amazing photo. I also have a 12 GSO Newtonian and we have mountede it on my EQ6 to do planetary imaging but never Deep Sky as we could not achieve focus. Can you tell me what you had to do to achieve that and what camera were you using. Again great shot.
Mark
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Thanks guys,
Mark,
I have gone to a fair bit of trouble but nothing major to mount the Skywatcher 12" on the EQ6, Parallax ringset was the first major upgrade, they are very sturdy and really improve wobble by a great deal.
Next was an a custom made losmandy dovetail, it is almost half a metre in length giving even more stability. The Scope itself needed a Moonlite extremely low profile motor focuser in order to achieve prime focus. Prime focus and inward travel is always a B$%CH with Newts with CCD, DSLR's and Binoviewers.
Camera was an Atik 11000 OSC at 25x3mins.
Rog, i took 2sec,10sec,15, 30 and 1minute subs to do the core so when my New years head clears i'll have a decent go at the core
King Regards
Shane