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Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?
05/27/09 06:03 PM

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Hi there Craig!

The mount that the ETX has (an Altitude / Azimuth or Alt-Az) is NOT really suitable for imaging - unless you are looking to image the Moon and the brighter planets.

While I certainly wouldn't recommend an ETX for long exposure imaging, people have gotten some nice results. More to the point, the mount CAN BE SET UP IN EQUATORIAL mode. The tripod used on the MCT ETXes includes a built-in wedge which can be used to polar align the scope.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
80 or 90 for imaging?	caheaton	05/27/09 03:52 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	Arthur Dent	05/27/09 04:11 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	rmollise	05/27/09 06:03 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	jgraham	05/27/09 06:09 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	Domerman	05/29/09 07:13 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	caheaton	06/05/09 10:12 AM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	AlexDJ30	06/07/09 07:13 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	caheaton	05/27/09 04:21 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	Arthur Dent	05/27/09 04:25 PM
Re: 80 or 90 for imaging?	Arthur Dent	05/27/09 04:37 PM

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