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danm
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Reged: 04/27/08
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Loc: Northern California
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Hello,
After a long break I'm back into astronomy, and pretty quickly got setup with the 'scopes you can see in my sig (inherited most of them). I think my long term interest is probably mostly imaging with visual for fun, and I was planning on starting imaging in a few years. Well I've got some dark sky trips coming up, and I was thinking of starting the imaging fun now. Especially when I found that with a web cam and software tricks you can do stuff you couldn't do before.
So I was thinking about picking up a Celestron NexImage to go with either my C6/Astro-Tech Voyager Alt/Az mount, or the AT66 with same. It's amazing to me that (apparently) you can do some nice planetary imaging with a non powered mount.
Thoughts?
Dan
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TV Ethos 13mm
Oberwerk Ultra 15x70
Celestron C6 f/10 & AT Voyager Alt/Az mount
8" f/6.3 Newtonian (Dad's ATM) & AT66 red tube
12.5" f/4.1 Telekit (Dad's ATM Mirror)
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yg1968
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/26/04
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That sounds like a good plan.
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DaemonGPF
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/22/08
Posts: 1486
Loc: New Mexico
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I do most of my planetary imaging unguided. I figure since I'm dealing in exposure times that are less than a fraction of a second for most solar system objects, and it can take a while to go through the whole alignment and guiding setup before even getting started on imaging, I just skip it all and manually guide. Absolutely nothing wrong with your approach.
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-Josh
*Orion Starblast Imaging 150mm OTA
*Orion Starblast Imaging 114mm OTA
*Meade 50mm AR short tube OTA
*Meade DSI Pro IIc
*Orion Starshoot DSCI
*CG5 mount
http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html
My Messier Project Gallery
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danm
sage
Reged: 04/27/08
Posts: 231
Loc: Northern California
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For these dark sky trips - which would perform better, the AT66 or the C6?
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TV Ethos 13mm
Oberwerk Ultra 15x70
Celestron C6 f/10 & AT Voyager Alt/Az mount
8" f/6.3 Newtonian (Dad's ATM) & AT66 red tube
12.5" f/4.1 Telekit (Dad's ATM Mirror)
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DaemonGPF
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/22/08
Posts: 1486
Loc: New Mexico
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It's really going to depend on the target or purpose. Your C6 has an aperature advantage so most things will come through brighter. Are we talking the C6 SCT or C6 NGT? The SCT is more ideal for planetary, I'd say even over the AT66. If it's an NGT, then I'd say go with the AT66 for planetary, but that is my humble opinion.
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-Josh
*Orion Starblast Imaging 150mm OTA
*Orion Starblast Imaging 114mm OTA
*Meade 50mm AR short tube OTA
*Meade DSI Pro IIc
*Orion Starshoot DSCI
*CG5 mount
http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html
My Messier Project Gallery
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mclewis1
Thread Killer
Reged: 02/25/06
Posts: 2456
Loc: Colorado
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c6 without a doubt on both DSOs and solar system objects. The little refractor is nice scope but there is just no substitute for aperture, particularly good quality aperture like the c6.
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Mark
C11, C6, APM/TMB115, and AT80ED
Tandem mount CGE and CG-5A, WO EZ-Touch and AT Voyager
25x100s, 8x56s, T-Mount Light, and Mark 1 eyeballs
Modded 350D, SPC900, Mallincam
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danm
sage
Reged: 04/27/08
Posts: 231
Loc: Northern California
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Thanks guys - it's an SCT, one of the recent cheaper ones they've been selling. Sounds like that's the one to go with!
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TV Ethos 13mm
Oberwerk Ultra 15x70
Celestron C6 f/10 & AT Voyager Alt/Az mount
8" f/6.3 Newtonian (Dad's ATM) & AT66 red tube
12.5" f/4.1 Telekit (Dad's ATM Mirror)
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