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Kanadalainen wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:59 pmThanks Bryan!

I'm with you... I'll continue to plug away at manual focus for the moon. Interesting to hear the DSOs are an entirely different beast. My manual focusing on DSOs is coming along but I still am sure I can do much better.

Your rig is fascinating...love it! Can I ask a few questions? :D What is the model of camera? Pixel size? Different from what you use for DSO's or on your Stellarvue?

I have the extensions and doodads to stretch it out...

Sorry for all the questions.
That particular camera is a ZWO ASI174MC. It is my main lunar/solar camera. When I got my Stellarvue SV102T, this model of cam was perfect for putting a full lunar disk in the frame. My goal at the time was live-streaming the full Moon for the Weather Channel. Had that arrangement all set up (logins, credentials, access, etc.) but then hurricanes and storms and what not pulled their attention away and we never really got back to it.

Anyway, that cam coupled with a 2× barlow is also fun for building lunar mosaics.

I've tried deep sky with this cam also, but not being a cooled model, it tends to be a little noisy on long exposure stuff, and has a rather small field of view in that regard.

I've done a lunar mosaic with this cam and the C80: https://www.theskysearchers.com/viewtop ... =67&t=4797

It came out ok.

For deep sky with the Stellarvue, I am using a ZWO ASI294MC Pro (cooled) and guiding with an ASI120MM-S. The 294 also works well with the ES ED80 on deep sky. :)

Been thinking about narrowband imaging, but that is a whole set of additional expenses that I presently do not have the spousal equity built up to utilize. :lol:
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Scopes: Apertura AD12 f/5; Celestron C6-R f/8; ES AR127 f/6.4; Stellarvue SV102T f/7; iOptron MC90 f/13.3; Orion ST80A f/5; ES ED80 f/6; Celestron Premium 80 f/11.4; Celestron C80 f/11.4; Unitron Model 142 f/16; Meade NG60 f/10
Mounts: Celestron AVX; Bresser EXOS-2; ES Twilight I; ES Twilight II; iOptron Cube-G; AZ3/wood tripod; Vixen Polaris
Binoculars: Pentax PCF WP II 10×50, Bresser Corvette 10×50, Bresser Hunter 16×50 and 8×40, Garrett Gemini 12×60 LW, Gordon 10×50, Apogee 20×100

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Thanks Brian, great information.

Here is a stacked version (15x) of the same lunar image. I tried to keep the colours realistic during processing. This was stacked with the autostack feature in Photoshop 2020, and then I used Lightroom to adjust,.


Stacked moon_FINALjpg.jpg
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Fracs: Stellarvue 70T f6; SW 120mm Esprit f7; "Mark Mk. II" - 60 mm Tasco f6; C80 frac f 11.4
SCT: C8 Edge f10 or f7 with reducer
Dob: 14.5" homebuilt strut dob (f4.5 ZOC mirror), Nexus II, Moonlite focuser
Mounts - Ioptron Skyguider pro, Astro Physics GTO900
Cameras and lenses - ZWO 2600 mc, 290 mm mini, Canon 60D modded with Rokinon 10mm 2.8; Rokinon 135mm f2

Skysafari 6 Pro, Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight - using Mac tablet and ASIair pro to run the AP rig.

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Nicely done, Ian!
Bryan
Scopes: Apertura AD12 f/5; Celestron C6-R f/8; ES AR127 f/6.4; Stellarvue SV102T f/7; iOptron MC90 f/13.3; Orion ST80A f/5; ES ED80 f/6; Celestron Premium 80 f/11.4; Celestron C80 f/11.4; Unitron Model 142 f/16; Meade NG60 f/10
Mounts: Celestron AVX; Bresser EXOS-2; ES Twilight I; ES Twilight II; iOptron Cube-G; AZ3/wood tripod; Vixen Polaris
Binoculars: Pentax PCF WP II 10×50, Bresser Corvette 10×50, Bresser Hunter 16×50 and 8×40, Garrett Gemini 12×60 LW, Gordon 10×50, Apogee 20×100

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