waassaabee
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Yesterday the weatherman told me I should prepare for sense fog by 11:00. I figured that would give me time to 'experiment' a bit with the new scope. I started by tying to squeeze the Double Cluster in the frame, then swung over to Sculptor a bit after 10:00 as it was still pretty clear (75+% RH, but clear). Around 1:00am I'm starting to think I can get another target in! Horsehead here I come...
These are quick, and sleep deprived processing, but I had to post them..
Comments and suggestions welcome!!
All shot with AT8RC @1625mm
miniBorg 50/Q Guider/PHD
modded 350D
CGEM
Double Cluster
ISO800 3minutes 21 Frames
Darks & Flats
Sculptor Galaxy
ISO 1600 5 minutes 14 Frames
Darks & Flats
Horsehead Nebula
ISO1600 5 minutes 29 Frames
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
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Psyire
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Excellent shots! I'm a big fan of that Horsehead.
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LarsZ
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Agree. Żour pictures are very sharp. Not only the telescope seems to work very well, but also the focus and guiding.
/Lars
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Rebel XSi, IDAS LPS, CGE 9.25, Orion SSAG, Starblast 4.5
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RStar
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That's a busy night Gary! All nice images but I really like that Horsehead 
Bob
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Orion 190 Mak-Newtonian
TeleVue NP101
Orion ED80
WO 66 SD
ST-4 guider
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Nils_Lars
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Really well done Gary , 3 targets is a lot and I love it when that happens.
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Orion ED 80
Williams Optics VII reducer
Celestron 8" SCT
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
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SGT500
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Great shots Gary. The horsehead looks especially great  cant wait to try it myself
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AstroTech Ritchey Chretien 8"
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Stardaug
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Looks outstanding and just some quick processing to boot! Says a lot about your photon capturing quality/skills if quick processing produces results like this for you.
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Shawn / Ontario, Canada
Celestron CPC800 SCT w/XLT & GPS // Skywatcher Equinox 80ED F6.25 500mm APO // Canon Rebel 350XT unmodded // Milburn EQ Wedge (a Meade model modified to fit my CPC)
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jsteinberg48
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I am getting ready to use mine for the first time. Was yours colimated out of the box?
Edited by jsteinberg48 (10/24/09 08:35 PM)
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stefsaber
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Amazing horsehead!!!! 
Love the star colors and the overall look of the Double Cluster as well!
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"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob
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Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf
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waassaabee
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Hey thanks everyone!! This was the first time I'd used the IP focus and I liked it, didn't get it as tight as it could be, but the focus routine is very good.
It was a very busy night ... Guider hang up a couple of times, but recovery was pretty quick. The targets kept rolling and the sky was clear.
The scope was collimated out of the box, I have not touched it. There is still a corner that is a little eggy, but not bad. Overall the AT8RC is a great scope, great buy! I do like the colors that are possible now... Focuser could be a bit smoother though.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
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MaxTheHitman
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awesome work gary!!!!! I really like the sculptor galaxy detail! and horsehead!!! your guiding has improved!!! with that big AT8RC ! galactic adventurer!
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thyrymn
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Hi.
Do you have a place where there is a full size resolution of those images?
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waassaabee
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Thanks Max, These are some of the best from this scope so far, but the critical focus is still eluding me.
As far as larger versions... Not yet. This was fast processing and marginal focus. If can get clean them up enough, I'll post some larger versions as well.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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waassaabee
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Here's a second take at the images from Friday night.
(Clickable for slightly larger version)
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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Poochpa
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Gary,
Nice! Great color in these images. I especially like the Sculptor Galaxy and the Horsehead.
Mike
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Vixen GPDX/Skysensor 2000PC
Meade 8" LX200GPS
WO Zenithstar 66SD
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justabob
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Nice stuff Gary! Is the horse head cropped?
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waassaabee
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Thanks gents!!
Bob, The horsehead is cropped just a little on the top and bottom for aesthetics.. You are seeing practically the full frame. (I love this scope...)
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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Star surfer8
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Nice work Gary. Focus looks a little soft on the Double but much better on the other two. Tighten it up nicely second time around.
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Tom
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waassaabee
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Loc: Central California Coast
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Tom, Thanks for the response. You are right on the money with the focus, and I'm working to get it right. I'm trying the IP focus routine and it's still a bit Greek to me. Right now I have Sculptor in the frame again, after a boatload of focus frames. I still need to be convinced this is better/faster/cheaper than the Bahtinov mask...
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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