Calm before the storm with the SuperNewt

[Catanonia]

Well suppose to be blowing a gale tonight, but here in Cheshire is is a great night with low down moon.

So putting the TS SuperNewt F2.8 through some initial paces.

Managed to get it almost colimated, it is off a bit, but also managed to get the fan working, heaters and more importantly the OAG working.

So now imaging the double cluster in 1 min bursts in LRGB to see how well it sucks in the light. This should be roughly the same as 3.5 min burst on the pretty quick MN190.

Fingers crossed. Just got to get the colimation sorted properly.

Plan to hit it with 30 x 1 min bursts for LRGB totaling 2 hours to see how it performs.

[Pug]

Good luck, look forward to seeing the results!

[karlyboo]

good luck ....i was tempted to takes me big dobby out b4... but the winds here 20 miles down the road from you are a bit whippy !! .... with some surrouning trees by me then nots a good idea with a open flextube dob....me waits for better nights me thinks

may pop out later with me bino's......moon looks nice out there

[Tinker1947]

Bit on the windy side here, another night going to waste...

[Catanonia]

Managed to get 22 x 1 min subs for each channel before the wind and flip occurred, so now processing them. Flats were fun on the scope.

Definately out of collimation still, but so anxious to see what the beast will produce

[Catanonia]

Imaged posted in DSO forum

[blinky]

I think you mentioned the issue in your thread Cat - Collimation is almost there, it needs to be exactly bang on at F2.8 or your going to see issues.