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17-11-2018, 04:01 PM
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First light for Borg 55FL f/3.6 - Horsehead to M42 in Ha
Testing the little Borg, unguided on a Star Adventurer with a very quick polar alignment
ASI1600mm Pro camera and Chroma 3nm Ha filter. 922 x 30s and 90 x 2s subs over two nights from light-polluted St Lucia. I might have gone a little longer than 30s if I had a better polar alignment but even at 30 seconds the core of M42 was blown out. Processed using a beta version of PixInsight 1.8.6.
Big version here:
https://www.astrobin.com/377112/0/
Cheers,
Rick.
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17-11-2018, 04:47 PM
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17-11-2018, 06:16 PM
My God it's full of stars
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veeeeery nice Rick - that rig sure delivers, looking forward to seeing more
17-11-2018, 07:10 PM
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Wow. That is looking good. Worth the wait to get it set up.
17-11-2018, 11:06 PM
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Thanks, Marc! I'm doing a RBA workshop in Jan 2019 in San Jose as I happen to be in the vicinity for a work trip.
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veeeeery nice Rick - that rig sure delivers, looking forward to seeing more
Ta, Andy. It did do a good job. Collecting NB data should be easy. It's the RGB that will be difficult.
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Wow. That is looking good. Worth the wait to get it set up.
Thanks, Peter. A lot of mucking around so far but hopefully it's results time
18-11-2018, 08:48 AM
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Thanks, Marc! I'm doing a RBA workshop in Jan 2019 in San Jose as I happen to be in the vicinity for a work trip.
Ask him to do something about the interest rates :p
18-11-2018, 09:47 AM
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Excellent stuff Rick - looks like this little portable rig is a winner!
18-11-2018, 12:49 PM
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Wow really resistance is futile
18-11-2018, 03:10 PM
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Ask him to do something about the interest rates :p
What's your target rate, Marc? I'll see what I can do
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Excellent stuff Rick - looks like this little portable rig is a winner!
Thanks, Pete!
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Ta, Logan. I sent a pic to Ted @ Astro Hutech and he must have liked it.
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Wow really resistance is futile
Especially if you're a photon, Dave
Though it's not as fast as your RASA
18-11-2018, 07:05 PM
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Beautiful widefield Rick, plenty to like with that scope/camera combo
18-11-2018, 07:25 PM
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Beautiful widefield Rick, plenty to like with that scope/camera combo
Thanks, Geoff!
18-11-2018, 09:52 PM
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Fantastic image Rick! Welcome to the bazillion x 30 second unguided club.
18-11-2018, 10:01 PM
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Fantastic image Rick! Welcome to the bazillion x 30 second unguided club.
Thanks, Kevin
19-11-2018, 01:59 PM
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Looks great Rick.
19-11-2018, 02:53 PM
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Looks great Rick.
Thanks, Greg. It's the latter: 55mm aperture, 200mm focal length.
19-11-2018, 03:02 PM
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Thanks, Greg. It's the latter: 55mm aperture, 200mm focal length.
Sweet. Fluorite lenses are the best. It'd probably work nicely on a mirrorless full frame camera as well.
How much are they?
Greg.
19-11-2018, 04:54 PM
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Sweet. Fluorite lenses are the best. It'd probably work nicely on a mirrorless full frame camera as well.
Greg, here's the model (with USD price) that I ordered:
https://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech...gPackage/2.htm
19-11-2018, 07:16 PM
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Thanks Rick.
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20-11-2018, 11:17 AM
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Rather lovely result from what looks like an awesome little bit of kit Rick. Looking forward to seeing some masterpieces
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ASI1600mm Pro camera and Chroma 3nm Ha filter. 922 x 30s and 90 x 2s subs over two nights from light-polluted St Lucia. I might have gone a little longer than 30s if I had a better polar alignment but even at 30 seconds the core of M42 was blown out. Processed using a beta version of PixInsight 1.8.6.
Though it's not as fast as your RASA 
