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Old 17-08-2011, 10:42 AM
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Perhaps I ought to dispell a few things being said here.

I have imaged with the PST years ago before I got my solarmax60.

You can image easily with this little scope. You need to cut down the nose cone of the adapter on a monochrome camera. Forget using a DSLR. This is monochrome light so monochrome imaging gives sharp results. The bayer matrix on a DSLR will kill the image for detail. Besides the camera will weight too much and rotate.

Next using a blanket or towel over a box is great for seeing the image on the Laptop screen. I do this everytime I image and it is no drama.

Like Mike said sidereal is fine for imaging and you have to be a long way out of PA for the image to drift quickly. I use solar rate myself but it can be done with a quick setdown and using a compass to find PA.

You don't need to do a 2 star alignment. Nearly every mount has a free tracking rate that does not require an alignment. Just set it down and get it tracking.

As for images here is one. And another and another. Each were taken with a 2.5x barlow which easily reached focus. Just make sure you can reach the etalon and the focusor and you can have your head under the blanket.

Fred if you want to know more just ask me.
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