Winter Solstice Moon 2020 - First Light SharpStar 94

[tooth_dr]

This is my first light with my new SharpStar 94EDPH scope.  Unbelieveably it was clear on the night of receiving a new piece of astro kit

Camera: 290MM, 1000 frames with 50% stacked

Scope: SS94, prime focus 517mm F5.5, stacked in AS!3 and processed in Registax and PS.

 

Thanks for looking

Adam.

 

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Nice.

A clear night with new gear, must be something to do with global warming, it's just not natural 🙂 

Steve

[tooth_dr]

3 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Nice.

A clear night with new gear, must be something to do with global warming, it's just not natural 🙂 

Steve

I agree, and I was off work.  Finally 2020 has come good 😋

[paul mc c]

Nice one....lovely looking scope too.

[Messy Hair 101]

How are you finding this scope? I was considering upgrading from an 80 ed and was looking for a triplet that was nearer 4" and not too heavy for an HEQ5. Just stumbled across this scope and it seems to tick a lot of boxes.

[tooth_dr]

28 minutes ago, Messy Hair 101 said:

How are you finding this scope? I was considering upgrading from an 80 ed and was looking for a triplet that was nearer 4" and not too heavy for an HEQ5. Just stumbled across this scope and it seems to tick a lot of boxes.

Hi there, I will post a few images that I've taken with it over the next couple of days - M45 and IC434.  I bought the 0.8x reducer for it and I'm currently trying it out with a full frame nikon, but it doesnt look great.  It may be spacing or something else, but the stars in each corner are showing some sort of distortion.