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First light on the Altair 6" classical Cassegrain. Jupiter & Saturn


baggywrinkle

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I aquired a 6" Altair classical Cassegrain as an alternative to the heavier 8" Edge I also own.

The reasoning is that I have just had an aorta replacement and need to keep away from heavy lifting for at least another 6 weeks and I wanted something lighter for when I am away in the caravan...(Kelling).

Took these images last night with the OTA mounted on a Celstron Evolution mount. I was initally concerned that at F12 tracking might be an issue. However a solar system align on Jupiter was more than adequate. Non barlowed I saw minimal drift.

I used an Altair GP-CAM 385C as the camera and took around 1000-2000 frames and stacked the best >50% quality.

I spent some time in the afternoon playing with the spaces provided and in the end had to use the diagonal, which I know is not recommended, so that I could swap from an EP to the camera when starting the imaging run. Question: If you own one of these what do you do. Inward focus is the issue. So barlow or do what I am doing?

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