New version of my astrograph

Smirnov Andrey

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Equipment

Oct 19th, 2019

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Resolution:: 900x600 px
File size:: 302 KB

Photo description / processing

Main channel: APO LZOS 130/6, TSFLAT2 flattener, FLI ATLAS focuser, filter drawer with 50x50 mm narrowband and L filters, FLI ML11002 camera. Color channel: APO DeepSky 80/480, 0.79 reducer, QHY8L camera. Guiding channel: DeepSky 80/480 doublet, Meade DSI Pro II camera. Mount: NEQ6 Pro. In the background, the TAL-250K operating in alternating mode on the same mount.

Comments

portal

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. So, you have a separate guide for luminance/monochrome and a separate guide for color filters?

Jul 7th, 2023

Smirnov AndreyReply to portal

No, there was only one guide. The mount is just one! And the guide mainly compensates for the mount's tracking errors.
That setup is no longer available. The guide was given to my granddaughter, a first-grader, for her beginner astronomy lessons, and the small apochromat was swapped without a second thought for a Newtonian 200/1000 with a corrector.

Jul 9th, 2023