mrpizza Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Greetings from Florida. I wanted to share this image as I have been dialing in my new mount the Mesu 200MKII. I'm imaging at 2995mm and average guiding is 0.29 rms using PHD2. My next step in fine tuning is to tackle what I perceive as camera tilt as some of the stars have a "red bloat" to them. Meade 14" LX850ACF Mesu 200 MKII QHY268M ONAGT https://www.astrobin.com/5rlse0/ Chris 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer33 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Really nice image, with great detail. That must be a small target if you're imaging at nearly three meters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 beautiful detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Outstanding detail on a galaxy just 7’ across. You have the Meade and Mesu working well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickey Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Beautiful image, Chris 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob-c Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 A great image. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpizza Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 Thank you for the kind words. I originally joined this forum to learn more about the Mesu mount since there is not a lot users here in the US. There are plenty of excellent imagers on this forum from which I have gathered inspiration from. I spent the past 25 years imaging with a Meade 10" LX50 on a Losmandy G11 non goto using a variety of cameras starting with a Olympus OM-1. I sat by and watched technology grow in this hobby (leaving me feel like Fred Flinstone of imaging), so this year after having the Mesu in my sights for many years, I was able to fulfill one of my goals. I figured if I was going big with the mount why stop there and was fortunate enough to find a slightly used Meade 14" LX850 ota and upgraded the camera to a QHY 268m and added an ONAG. To top tings off I scrapped SGP for Voyager (nothing wrong with SGP) so I have given myself quite the learning curve. With the help of many members on this forum (as evidence in the image) I have managed get the mount up and running to put together some good data. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie alert Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Great image... looks more like misaligned red channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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