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Greetings. I recently retired and decided to upgrade my glass. I picked up an ES 102 Carbon Fibre FCD-100 Apo for a great price from my Astro Dealer. Colour correction between the FCD-100 and FCD-1 models is like night and day. I know that because now I have both models. I have been spoiled by autofocus and had to focus manually for this pic, I am still waiting for the focuser flange from MoonLite. The picture is only 20 minutes total of LRGB but I am quite happy with it. Thanks for looking.
Imaged on 14 May 2020 ES ED 102 CF APO FCD100 with SV 0.8 FF/FR atop a CEM60
QHY183M (-15C) 1.25"Optolong filters
Captured with SGP
All bin 1x1 and Gain 11
LRGB: 10x30 Secs each
20 Mins total DSS (64 Bit)
Star Tools 1.6A PS
Noiseware
Attachments
Scott
CEM60 and EQ5 Synscan Mounts, Explore Scientific ED 102 CF APO FCD100 with SV .80 FF/FR & Motorized MoonLite Focuser, Mallincam VRC-8 Ritchey-Chrétien with CCDT67 & Motorized MoonLite Focuser, Orion ED80 with .85 FF/FR, Atik 383L+ Mono with EFW2 Filter Wheel, Baader 36 mm NB and LRGB Filters, QHY183M and Optolong LRGB and NB Filters, RV-6 Dynascope, a very understanding and loving wife, and an Automated Roll Off Roof Observatory
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Hello Scott. A superb M13 (Hercules Globular Cluster) from you here. Nice contrast and lots of sparkly colorful stars. And, you also caught NGC 6207 and tiny IC 4617 in between. Thanks for sharing this excellent work with us on here Scott, and congratulations on winning the TSSAPOD Award today.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Congrats, Scott.
On the image, the new glass, and most importantly, making your escape from the rat race.
I have a few more years to go and am in the planning stages for it now.
Cheers!
Excellent image Scott, Congrats on winning the APOD and also the new scope. Sounds like a real Beaut!
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Thanks Scott, that’s probably the best M 13 I’ve ever seen!
A big congratulations on your retirement. I’m about a year into mine and it’s great!
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
Thanks all for the kind words and the APOD. After 32 years of Army life, it was time to pull the plug and get on the freedom 55 plan.
Scott
CEM60 and EQ5 Synscan Mounts, Explore Scientific ED 102 CF APO FCD100 with SV .80 FF/FR & Motorized MoonLite Focuser, Mallincam VRC-8 Ritchey-Chrétien with CCDT67 & Motorized MoonLite Focuser, Orion ED80 with .85 FF/FR, Atik 383L+ Mono with EFW2 Filter Wheel, Baader 36 mm NB and LRGB Filters, QHY183M and Optolong LRGB and NB Filters, RV-6 Dynascope, a very understanding and loving wife, and an Automated Roll Off Roof Observatory