First Light through my New Setup!

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boothee
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First Light through my New Setup!

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Hi Friends,

I got reasonably clear sky this evening. So I quickly set up my new telescope and grab some frames.

Picture taken with 1.3 MP resolution.
30 frames stacked.
Prime Focus.


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Cheers!!!

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1150mm, 254mm, Newtonion Reflector on EQ5 Mount with dual axis DK3 drive, QHY5 Camera, Canon 300D + Kit Lens, Yangon, Myanmar.
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Good! Big Scope, Big camera.
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Hi

Here is another picture taken on the same night using 2x barlow.


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Good effort, Boothee.
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its nice.. very big moon.. learn photoshop.. can enhance the sharpness.. remus onces did it for me wif the moon that i took.. a big diff effect.. more depth.
Wee Ern aRmeD wiF Telescope reAdY tO taKe ovEr thE skY .. wIF jUst mY naKed eYEs .
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Airconvent wrote:Good effort, Boothee.
Congrats on your new "baby".. [smilie=cute.gif]
:D

Thanks!

Bergkamp_ wrote:its nice.. very big moon.. learn photoshop.. can enhance the sharpness.. remus onces did it for me wif the moon that i took.. a big diff effect.. more depth.
Thanks!

Remus must be busy with Astronomy2008 event. Of course it would be nice if he could give some idea.

Cheers!

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1150mm, 254mm, Newtonion Reflector on EQ5 Mount with dual axis DK3 drive, QHY5 Camera, Canon 300D + Kit Lens, Yangon, Myanmar.
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