What have I done?!

[bazza]

Oooohwer! I've bought something.....

Begins with SBIG!

A ST-10XME - awaiting delivery!

Which scope shall I put it on though?

Do I use the 10XME on the LX200R with the AP reducer and move the SXV-H9 to the Zenithstar and get a reducer (WOMk3?) for this?

Or, do I use the 10XME on the Zenithstar (still probably want a reducer) and leave the H9 on the LX200R with the AP reducer. (This AP reducer is not suited to refractors).

I want to do widefield through the Zenithstar and it would seem the 10XME is very suited to this

What do I do???!!!

Can't wait for postie!!

Barry.

[Psychobilly]

tut tut Barry

[George]

Guess that's more cloud then :crybaby:

[Psychobilly]

I thought the Modded 40D was the weapon of choice these days...

[centroid]

Choices, choices, choices Barry :?

But how nice to be spoilt for them 8)

A very nice piece of 'kit' on its way to you.

Dave

[Ben Ritchie]

Very nice

Self-guding with a reflector is great, as the guide CCD picks up all the mirror flop too - however, that's only going to work well for LRGB, not narrowband, and you may need to experiment with guiding through a blue filter too. You'll be working at pretty high resolution, even with the reducer, so may need short guide exposures which can make finding a good guide star a chore.

I'd start with the refractor and narrowband, forget about self-guiding for a little bit and work to the real strength of the ST-10XME which is the mega QE at H-alpha. Take 10min subs, guide through the LX200 and wonder where all that H-alpha emitting gas came from in your images

P.S. it goes really, really deep with M42 ... but if your subs are too long the core of M42 will bloom through an H-alpha filter too, it's that sensitive

[John]

Blimey ! - I'm glad I'm not an imager - I don't understand a word of this thread

Congratulations though Barry and good luck ...... with whatever it is that you have bought

John

[bazza]

I think I ought to point out that, I could never afford one of these new - it's used!

So there I was, thinking of a One Shot Colour camera and I opted for the SBIG.

Strange world - astrophotography!

Reflector it is then Ben!

Barry.

[ChrisEdu]

Just had a look at the SBIG website - crikey some of those are expensive! :shock: I ought to show my wife as a way of getting a new camera body instead!

[PNJ]

Hiya,

I have the ST10XME, and LX200R and it works very well, i have had no problems with mirror shift while guiding . And using a shorter FL and Ha is awesome with this camera, just take a look at Ian Kings web site and his images using a LX200R and ST10

Paul J