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23-02-2009, 08:24 PM
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Have scope will travel!
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Pitnacree NSW
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newt and barlow
I have an 8' newt on an EQ6 and want to do some planetary and lunar imaging. I have a 2" barlow but want to know if I can go to a 3x or even a 5x to image planets and lunar. How much magnification will the scope handle.
Thanks
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23-02-2009, 09:24 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Not lucky enough to own one, but believe people have done great work here with 5x Powermates on big newts....
With image stacking, no reason you shouldn't be able to get it to work.
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24-02-2009, 03:40 PM
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Location: Kulgun, Queensland
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Frank
I have an 8inch newt on an EQ5. I also have a 3x ED Barlow and a 5x PowerMate. I use both of them the way you want to - planets and lunar.
Both work fine, however, I use the 3x much more than the 5x. To use the 5x, the conditions have to be really good. And on the Gold Coast lately, that doesn't happen often.
I use a DMK21 to do the imaging.
Part of my problem, I suspect, is the EQ5. It is a bit "wobbly" at times.
But a 5x is no problem with an 8 inch.
Darrell
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24-02-2009, 05:17 PM
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Thanks for the info. I just wasn't sure how hard I could push the scope hence the question. I have an Acuter webcam, DSI Pro II and a Canon 350d all of which I have had very limited chance to use but I am determined to make more time. I'll try a 3x to start and see how I go. Tonight is about the first night in a month that is looking promising. Also, is it worth getting a coma corrector as the scope is an f5?
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24-02-2009, 08:17 PM
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Well, my 8inch is f6 and I do notice a bit of coma. Especially as magnification increases. But then I may be getting a little too critical. I have a 400d, which I tend to only use for my attempts at deep sky stuff. It is this one, not the dmk and the planetary imaging, that has made me look at the coma issue. Anyway my next purchase will be an MPCC. From what I have read, I think it will be worth it.
Darrell
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24-02-2009, 10:38 PM
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Thanks Darrell,
I just did a search for the MPCC and it looks interesting and not overly expensive but after watching the clouds roll over for the past two hours, and once again not even getting to focus the scope, its time to pack up for the night. That I suppose is why they invented tomorrow.
Frank
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