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Old 10-07-2012, 05:14 AM
Ross G
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Originally Posted by RickS View Post
Very nice, Ross! I've been thinking about doing something similar with a 100mm Zeiss lens and my STL11K.

Cheers,
Rick.
Thanks Rick.

The 100mm gives a nice field of view for this region. The quality of the Zeiss lens should give you some amazing photos.

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Originally Posted by batema View Post
They do look amazing. What sort of adaptor did you use to enable the lens to go onto the QHY9 as I have this camera and would love to do wide field imaging at like minus 20c.

Mark
Hi Mark.

I use a Canon to QHY8 adapter I bought of Theo at Gama Electronics. I then attached to this a Nikon to Canon adapter that you can buy off Ebay for a few dollars. The benefit of Theo's adapter is that it has an internal thread to attach a filter between the lens and the ccd.

All these phots were taken at -20c.

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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne View Post
Wow Ross!!

You have to be pleased with those results.
Glad to see your work.

Cheers,

Justin.
Thanks Justin.

This is such an enjoyable way to astrophotograph compared to the problems I'm having with the 8 inch "monsters".
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