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Actually no problem, seeing was very good and on a whim, those are the best, I slewed to epsilon Lyra to split the famous quad. Last subject of last night and didn't bother to take out the dso rig, just shot with reducer and big chip camera in place.
Specifics, Meade 16 LX200 at f6, 2400mm efl, ASI1600MC-cool OSC camera, 200 gain, 50 offset, -19C. Exposed 40/0.01 sec and used 15 to stack. Raw plate scale about 0.3 arc-sec/pixel. Posted image two third full size and massively cropped.
More later,
Steve
Scopes; Meade 16 LX200, AT80LE, plus bunch just sitting around gathering dust
Cameras; Atik 460ex mono, Zwo ASI1600MC-cool, QHY5L-II color and mono
One of my favorite doubles. When I'm introducing people to the telescope, I like to use this target to make sure they understand focusing for their vision. I don't tell them it's a double-double, I let them discover it.