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Old 11-04-2012, 09:13 AM
andyroo (Andrew)
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Not taking anything from the 8" Meade but the Nexstar 130SLT is a great little scope. This was taken as a test at F/20 (2560mm). Star shapes are only due to micro-guiding errors. I was testing the AO but didn't get it going so this was guided through a finder. Optics don't fall apart at high resolution as you can see. This was also taken with the same scope at native res (4 panels).

Man that second photo is AMAZING. Can you get photos like that with the dob that was mentioned in post 2?

Do you guys know if any forum members have the Meade 8 inch so I can see what kind of deep sky images they can get?
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