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Old 31-10-2014, 06:52 PM
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6 day old Moon

A shot of the Moon from last night through my Bintel 6" F/5 Newtonian reflector. 1/160th of a second exposure. Processing in Adobe Photo Raw and Photoshop.

I really did it just to see what an image would be like without a coma corrector. Answer - okay but not brilliant.

I'm kind of regretting buying this scope now. I should have saved my money and bought an 8" instead. Oh well. Maybe I'll just shift it on?
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Old 31-10-2014, 08:37 PM
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I have a 6" F5. But it's a Meade. It's an "okay" scope too. I didn't know Bintel sold 6" OTA's? I would like an 8" F4 OTA. I should have one by now but something went wrong. I'd also like a GSO RC8.
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Old 01-11-2014, 02:04 PM
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Don't get me wrong Kevin, I think the scope itself is excellent but you have to live with the coma until you modify the light cone in some way. Oh well...
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Old 01-11-2014, 02:23 PM
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Yeah, all Newts faster than F6 need a coma corrector for photographic use. Expensive little item though. Which one are you going to get, the GSO or Baader?
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Old 02-11-2014, 09:13 PM
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Probably the GSO. It seems to work okay at F/4 which is where I'll be aiming to go once I can afford it (and possibly a beefier mounting too) and it's cheaper than the MPCC Mk3. That said, if I can get an MPCC Mk3 at a decent price then I'll take it - supposedly works well down to F/3.5.
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