Nice John. I really like the entire composition. I don't think I have ever seen that dust to the right of the main nebula, nor the cloud below it either.
That Martin! Yes, California does have some excellent seeing. I'm afraid that my city location is compromising what the Honders can really do. I might go to a smaller pixel camera to eek out a bit more resolution.
Between this, and Martin's narrowband he released today, talk about heaven!
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Knockin' it out of the park there John!!
Cheers, Marcus
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Superb John.
Greg.
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Nice John. I really like the entire composition. I don't think I have ever seen that dust to the right of the main nebula, nor the cloud below it either.
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Raaaather nice that
Mike
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Excellent shot
Pete
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That's amazing!
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Reminds me of a fine B&W art print.
Delightful
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Whoa! That's a very detailed view.
Thank you all for the kind comments. I resisted putting in those starry spikes.
Lewis, that's why I call the Honders "The all reflecting refractor"
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I swear if I EVER win the lottery, I will put my name on the AP RH list. Just hope I wouldn't croak before my name came up
Or the Tak CCA-250...
To me though, the most unbelievable shot, 7.5 hours with this RH of yours John: http://www.astrobin.com/full/70341/0/ - that's like mega MEGA data through most telescopes
That picture is so tack sharp across the entire frame.
I am now convinced of the value of premium optics.
Thank you! At f/3.8, orthogonality of all the components help with this. I've replaced the original drawtube with an FLI Atlas digital focuser and the STL camera was factory shimmed a long time ago to improve the array flatness. This goes a long way for sharp stars across the field. What I thought originally was a bit of tilt, I'm actually experiencing a bit of differential flexure with my separate guidescope. Perfectly round stars when I use the internal STL guider. The problem is that the old STL guider is behind the filters! So, time for an upgrade.
Roland did it right on this one. Why the last scope sold for nearly $28K USD.
That's amazing!
Seem to perform a LOT better than the competition.
