Eta Carina

[mick pinner]

a quick 3x5 min to see the FOV of the ZS70 with W.O 0.8 reducer.
Canon 550D @ iso 800 with UHC-S filter

[Phoenix (Steve)]

Nice one Mick. That reducer has worked well for you

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[DavidTrap (David)]

Nice reduction in coma Mick.

I have the same WO ZS70 scope, and have finally gotten outdoors to try my new Televue Focal Reducer.

I've attached a couple of 30sec shots of random star fields. (Was outside playing tonight with drift alignment and guiding - really just fiddling while I wait for my new mount)

The first shot is without any reducer and the second is with. Due to the clouds, they are not of the same star field. Nonetheless, there is a vast improvement in coma with the reducer - I'm keen to try this with some longer images in due course.

Regards
David T

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice one Mick. Love those wide fields.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Just edited the images in my post to something with a better stretch.

Easier to see what I'm talking about.

DT

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

15 minutes!!!
Amazing.

[mick pinner]

hi Nettie, it is imaging at f/4.8 so it does grab a lot of light.
really just a test to get an idea of the field with the new scope and see how the FR works with this scope as it is hopeless with the M90.