An image after a short drought

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Striker

Really nice Mike,

Look forward to your images when the new camera arrives.

Thanks Striker and so do I LOL :-)

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Mike, just looking at the front end of the Astrograph. Those spider vanes are mighty thick!!! I hope they aren't a problem.

I'm totally with you on this and ASA are modifying them to be thinner per my request he he he. I'm trying to think of everything with this setup as I am hoping it will prove to be THE setup to end all setups (while still being portable of course) which is probably impossible...but heck I'm giving it a go! LOL :-)

Mike

[tornado33]

Good shot there.
yes the scopes are a novel idia. Ive always thought it time for fast Newtonians with corectors. It seems only last few years has it been possible to correct fast Newtonians well. The Multi purpose coma corrector works brilliantly on newtonians down to f4, and even well on my 6inch F3.6 schmidt newt, so custom built ones for F2 to F3 scopes would be great.
So the FLI cameras are better then SBIG ones?
Scott

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by tornado33

Good shot there.
yes the scopes are a novel idia. Ive always thought it time for fast Newtonians with corectors. It seems only last few years has it been possible to correct fast Newtonians well. The Multi purpose coma corrector works brilliantly on newtonians down to f4, and even well on my 6inch F3.6 schmidt newt, so custom built ones for F2 to F3 scopes would be great.
So the FLI cameras are better then SBIG ones?
Scott

Hi Scott

Yes the fast Newts are having a resurgence after the market has been dominated by RC's. Exceptional quality fast corrected Newtonians are cheaper too!

I decided on FLI after considering all the options and features. The FLI was better in all respects really, except the self guide capability. I decided that I have good success with piggyback guiding anyway, particularly with the NJP mount and given the fast F3.8 of the ASA my subs need only be 5min in most cases anyway and great signal to noise should be possible even on faint objects, so differencial flexure will be rare anyway. Thus it was a fairly easy choice in the end (fingers crossed) :-)

Mike