Quick SM40 Full Disk 25/08/2018

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Quick SM40 Full Disk 25/08/2018

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Dear All,
Wasted all morning due to my own stupidity.
I could not get a focus on my Tal/PST mode rig. Started to panic thinking my etalon had de-contacted.
Anyway a chance test with another scope made me twig that I had forgotten I had
hid a telecentric inside a nosepiece hidden behind a 35nm filter.
Anyway I grabbed a quick session later in the afternoon with my SM40 unit front mounted on a cheapo 62mm F8.2 Petzval.
alt-az plus + drifting to rid me of the dreaded NRs. 75 frames stacked from a 1200 frame concatenated set of 300 frame SERs with my PGR G3.
Then off to the daily hospital visit.
Best wishes to all ,
David
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Re: Quick SM40 Full Disk 25/08/2018

Post by Montana »

Superb detail in full res David, thanks for the view :) it was worth it even if it did take a while to get :bow
Alexandra


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