First light for EvoGuide-50ED

[AKB]

Woke up this morning, would you believe it... clear sky!!

I'd been to IAS on Friday and picked up an EvoGuide-50ED, which I will use, yes, for guiding.   But, lo and behold... the moon!  What a lovely sight, really bright and so I had to dial the gain right down on the guide camera.  This is indeed first light and I've always found it hard to focus on the moon, so this is a bit soft but it will give me a good start for when (if) it's clear at night and I can actually see a star.

• 18-Nov-2019 @ 9.04 AM
• EvoGuide-50ED
• ASI-120MM
• single 2ms exposure at minimum gain

This is just SO... much better than my previous guidescope worked:

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Edit:  Since we're more used to seeing images with a bit of processing, I add, for comparison, an unsharp-masked version...

 

 

Edited November 18, 2019 by AKB

[Craney]

    Good quality optics and a small handy size make them invaluable for guiding if you want to keep the overall weight down on your rig.

Now here's a question..... anybody tried a Quark Solar eyepiece on it  for imaging the Sun  ??       ie...    full solar disk shots without the need for a mosaic  ??

 

[Peter Drew]

3 hours ago, Craney said:

    Good quality optics and a small handy size make them invaluable for guiding if you want to keep the overall weight down on your rig.

Now here's a question..... anybody tried a Quark Solar eyepiece on it  for imaging the Sun  ??       ie...    full solar disk shots without the need for a mosaic  ??

 

A full disc might not be possible with a Quark as it uses a 4.2x Barlow in the system.  The Evoguide at 242x4.2 would work at 1016.4mm focal length.    🙂

[paulastro]

AKB  -  Frosty up here in Yorkshire for us tonight, and in fact just about most places in the UK  - no excuse for not having 2nd light tonight, and there's a last quarter Moon!