Shawn350
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Ok I sold my LXD 75 and am buying a Vixen rig
Looking at the SXD Mount
And what tube?? I am torn I want to do visual and deep space/planets so jack of all trades.
I have come to the conclusion of that not happening so...
I am planning on the VMC200L and a 80ED and a 350D XT
Sound like a set up that will work??
Thanks for the input or slap on the head to knock some smarts into me if I am all wrong.
God Bless America,
Shawn
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Shawn Hendrix
Vixen SXW
Vixen VMC200L
Santa Clarita, CA
Mt. Pinos, CA
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nofxrx
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VMC200/ED80/350D on an SXD.....I dont know but that makes me wanna drool!!!  
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Brent Oliver
3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie
Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White
Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts
Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO...
My Gallery
Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!! 
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Shawn350
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I looked at your photobucket nice stuff.
When you say modded what exactly are you doing to the cam?
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Shawn Hendrix
Vixen SXW
Vixen VMC200L
Santa Clarita, CA
Mt. Pinos, CA
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nofxrx
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Thanks alot,I appreciate the kind remarks!!!
Modding is when you take the IR/"hotspring" filter OFF the imaging chip...
Basically allows the chip to have all the sensitivity in the wavelengths that the CCD/CMOS is capable of..(especially -Ha-)
I did mine with a little help from this site HERE (this site does IR conversion which allows ONLY IR to pass to the CCD,but this was a great tutorial to help me take my cam apart for the removal of the stock filter)
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Brent Oliver
3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie
Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White
Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts
Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO...
My Gallery
Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!!
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Shawn350
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Cool, Looks like that would ruin my camera for daytime photos so I will forgo that.
But I made the plung today. Proud owner of a Vixen SXW w/ VMC200L
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Shawn Hendrix
Vixen SXW
Vixen VMC200L
Santa Clarita, CA
Mt. Pinos, CA
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justabob
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Quote:
Cool, Looks like that would ruin my camera for daytime photos so I will forgo that.
But I made the plung today. Proud owner of a Vixen SXW w/ VMC200L
No it will not ruin your camera for daytime photos, you would need to set a custom white balance. You will love the Vixen mount. I have been using a sxw for almost two years now. These were taken with a Meade sn6 and self modded 350d.
Recent stuff
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http://www.pbase.com/rkn/astro&page=all
Vixen Sphinx SXW LXD55
Self modded 350d
DSI PRO II
73 DE W9HS
Bob
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nofxrx
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Congrats on the purchase!!!Lookin forward to a first light report!!!
As regards to modd cams,Bob's right.A custom white balance works(so I hear) Or if you mod the camera with a Clear replacement filter from Hutech(for perfect autofocus operation) you can use a filter like the X-nite CC1 for correct color balance
Not trying to persuade you to do mod your cam...just want you to know that you can still use it(with the right eq.) for perfect daytime shots!!
These were taken with my modded cam(and the CC1 filter):
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Brent Oliver
3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie
Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White
Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts
Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO...
My Gallery
Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!!
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nofxrx
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This was with the sun setting behind the Blue ridge mountains on the other side of the is lake(hence the reddish water)
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Brent Oliver
3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie
Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White
Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts
Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO...
My Gallery
Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!!
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Shawn350
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good to know. I will hold off a bit being that the camera is going to be for the wife too.
But I got everything set up last night. I a Street light that shines into the back yard not a dark sky site at all.
But.. Still Jupiter looked great! the Accuracy was right on when it came to the goto fucntion. (after I figured out I had +8 instead of -8... )
Moon look sharp, very happy with this scope and mount. I had a 8" Lx90 and this is for sure a step up from the meade celstron line. not to mention the pain wedges are.
I picked up a im2600 and a im2750 case from storm cases and its a great fit.
I will post some pictures soon. PLus I am headed to Mt. Pinos as soon as the moon goes new.
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Shawn Hendrix
Vixen SXW
Vixen VMC200L
Santa Clarita, CA
Mt. Pinos, CA
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Shawn350
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Here is the pics I promised.
First case is a iM2750 second is a iM2600 both from Woodland Hills Telescopes www.telescopes.net
Level 1 - WO 2" CF Diag - Green Laser
Level 2 - 6mm 15mm and 26mm EP and the Counters
Level 1 the SXW Case
Level 2 - Star Book, Cables, Mount
All Closed up ready to go!
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Shawn Hendrix
Vixen SXW
Vixen VMC200L
Santa Clarita, CA
Mt. Pinos, CA
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Jared
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Nice setup! You're really going to love imaging with it.
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- Jared Willson
- Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
- Vixen VC200L
- Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
- Stellarvue SV80S
- Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
- STL-11000
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