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Originally Posted by Park123
Hi Bert
This look like very interesting images I have been thinking of using a hyperstar for similar searching to give a larger field of view could you please let me know what type of scope/camera you are using for such images.BTW the supernova is easily seen in you images. Well done
Stu
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This is my new system Stu
Astrograph is an Officina Stellare RH200 which has a focal length of 600mm and is F3, yes F3! Clear aperture is 200mm.
FLI Atlas Focuser.
FLI ten position filter wheel CFW-3-10 with 50mm square filters.
Astrodon E series LRGB and HA, NII, SII and OIII 3nm NB filters. Also a continuum filter 5nm.
Camera is a FLI PL16803 which has a sensor size 36.8 X 36.8 mm.
The FoV of this system is 3.5 X 3.5 degrees.
Mount is a Software Bisque PMX.
With the PMX mount it is a trivial exercise to take images of the exact same area over many nights while the object/s is/are visible. The goto has an error of seven seconds of arc rms!
I have yet to master how to script automatically a set of target areas for multiple exposures. There is a huge amount I still have to master that this new system is capable of.
I am willing to spend some of my clear nights on taking images of galaxy clusters or areas the Boss team is not covering.
Maybe I could start off with one or two targets and see how it goes.
I realize the dedication needed to consistently monitor for SN's is not trivial. We imagers are a masochistic lot already, are we not?
Bert