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From the album: DSO, Nebula, Galaxies, Comets etc
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula Imaged on 17.09.2016 using Skywatcher Equinox 80 ED Pro and Atik 16IC-S monochrome CCD camera 8 x 300 second and 8 x 420 second exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and cropped with light processing in PS Elements 11© vicky050373
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From the album: DSO, Nebula, Galaxies, Comets etc
NGC891(C23) 28.11.2016 Using Atik 16IC-S monochrome CCD camera on Skywatcher Equinox 80 ED on HEQ5 Pro SynScan mount A total of 5 x 5 minute and 9 x 10 minute light frames - no filters Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop Elements 11 NGC891 (C23) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda, and is estimated to be at a distance of 31 million light years. it is a massive galaxy measuring about 110,000 light years in diameter and has a mass of about 150 billion suns. This beautiful galaxy is seen almost perfectly from it's side from our perspective.© vicky050373
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From the album: Lunar and Planetary Images
Waning gibbous Moon - 91% illuminated - imaged 16.11.2016 Using Canon 100D and SkyWatcher Equinox 80ED Single 1/320 second exposure at ISO 200© vicky050373
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Hello telescope sages! I was out with my SW Equinox80 last night, which I bought mainly for looking at star fields and such like, and I noticed that having focussed on some stars overhead the drawtube would slip further out (even with the focussing knob locking cap in place). Certainly with the scope at 90* the focusser will let the drawtube out but it slips at certain points and then doesn't draw it back in. It is fine whiile horizontal (!!) or maybe up to about 45* tilt and works as nature intended. I have only attached a diagonal and an eyepiece (I've never attached anything more than EP, diagonal and barlow at any one time). The focusser certainly wouldn't work I'm sure with something like camera attached. Am I doing something wrong? Or am I overlooking something? The drawtube stabilises and stays rigid when the locking screw beneath the focusser is tightened but then you have to loosen the screw when changing EPs to refocus and the drawtube then slips. I've had the scope about 10 months and can't recall it behaving like this before. Any words of wisdom most welcome! Thanks
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From the album: DSO, Nebula, Galaxies, Comets etc
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy Imaged using Skywatcher Equinox 80 PRO ED and Altair Hypercam 183C colour camera A total of 24 x 300 second exposures© vicky050373
