WO flt110 Apo test shot

[bluescope]

Hi All

Last night I decided to attach my ST2000XCM to my new WO FLT110 Apo and see what fov I would get and whether I could focus without need for extension tube etc. I only took three 6 minute exposures before having to retreat to my house due to a close neighbour deciding to have a bonfire which sent clouds of acrid smoke blasting across and into my observatory. So this is by no means an example of what the scope is capable of .... more an exploratory shoot to check focusing and as I said fov. The result was that the ST2000XCM came to focus at around 81mm on the focuser and with the 770mm focal length I have a similar fov to that of my F5 1000mm focal length Newt with Canon 350D ( slightly wider I think ). So I am quite pleased with the result despite the sore throat, stinking clothes and forced ending of my session.



details

3x360sec @ -15 ST2000XCM self guided in CCDOPs
WO FLT 110 Triplet Apo + WO Flat68 field flattener
Eq6 Pro
.fit files stacked in DSS adjusted in PS CS3
no filters were used

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks and sounds like you captured an image of the Pheonix

Mike

[TrevorW]

Shot looks Ok to me only uphill from here

Cheers

[bluescope]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks and sounds like you captured an image of the Pheonix

Mike

Sure does Mike .... I was surprised I got anything under the circumstances. Don't you just love it when other people screw up your plans !

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Shot looks Ok to me only uphill from here

Cheers

Thanks Trevor I just hope the neighbours burned all their rubbish, I don't want a repeat of last night !

[Phil]

Look like a nice scope. Great photo.
Phil

[bluescope]

Originally Posted by Phil

Look like a nice scope. Great photo.
Phil

Thanks Phil, the scope shows a lot of promise.
Next session I won't be shooting through smoke ...........

[Alchemy (Clive)]

be interested to see just what this scope can do under .... more ideal......conditions.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Looks very good to me.

I'm looking forward to see what this scope is capable of in better conditions.

[beren]

Congrats Steve on first light and capture, look forward to more

[bluescope]

Originally Posted by Alchemy

be interested to see just what this scope can do under .... more ideal......conditions.

Originally Posted by Matty P

Looks very good to me.

I'm looking forward to see what this scope is capable of in better conditions.

Originally Posted by beren

Congrats Steve on first light and capture, look forward to more

Thanks guys, I am also wanting to see what it can really do. I'm sure it is a very capable scope. I was pleased with this first result especially as I used no filters etc to deal with light pollution, the slower F7 seems to help in that regard perhaps.

[winensky]

Congrats on the new scope. Looks like a good combination.

[bluescope]

Originally Posted by winensky

Congrats on the new scope. Looks like a good combination.

Thanks Matt, I think it should be !