After being a bit disappointed with my webcam imaging of late, I finally got some good seeing conditions. Now, I have been using my newly acquired Tal 200K on my EQ6 but I have been a bit disappointed with my viewing experience with the scope. The contrast just wasn't there with the Tal compared to my 8" Dob. After speaking to a few people, it seems the central obstruction of the Tal (~34% mirror area) is preventing me getting a better contrast.
Therefore, I took the rings and dovetail off the Tal and put them on my Dob OTA and attached it to the EQ6. After adjusting the eypiece, I was finally impressed with the viewing conditions of Saturn. I quickly snapped out the Toucam and started imaging away! Below is an image of Saturn which I consider my best so far. I only have a 2x barlow which gives a FL of 2400mm with the Newt. I was a bit annoyed that I didn't have anything higher as the seeing conditions were the best I had experienced for a while
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Scope: 8" Dob
2x barlow
f/12
shutter 1/25sec
gain 25%
brightness ~50%
stacked about 300/800
slight wavelet adjustment and some polishing up in Photoshop
Feel free to make some commets about processing. I didn't want to go overboard at this stage. I will try splitting the file into red, green and blue.
