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To: dragnet2

Excellent image! What size and kind of telescope did you use?


18 posted on 08/15/2020 1:57:16 PM PDT by Grey182 (A Catholic Bishop Emeritus is still a Bishop, a Pope Emeritus... 209.157.64.200)
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To: Grey182

Thanks. This was a 10” Schmidt Cassegrain with a 6.3 focal reducer in the optical train, sitting on about 1200 pounds of concrete pier/footing for better stability. The FR probably should have been removed prior to the shoot. This was the first image I took remotely from inside my hideout on a wireless connection to the observatory. I just set up a 10 year old computer inside the observatory to control the camera/imaging and the scope remotely if needed. It’s an old desktop system but after some TLC, works very well for remote control.


19 posted on 08/15/2020 2:31:40 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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