Cygnus wall - New Scope First Light

[Roy Foreman]

New scope means clouds.  Or in my case two storms, floods, gales and everything else in between.

So last night, with the promise of clear skies for 3 hours, I set up and started imaging the Cygnus Wall.  10 minutes later it was raining !

All I got was 9 x 60sec subs.  I wasn't expecting much at all. but the end result surprised me, as did the performance of my newest scope - a Skywatcher MN190 Mak-Newt !

Camera was a ZWO ASI 6200 MC Pro full frame OSC with IDAS NB1 tri-band filter.

 

Here is what I ended up with :-

 

 

[fwm891]

Great result. Something to build on rather than it all going wrong and first light being a disaster.

I had an MN190 many years ago. It's a good scope and your result proves it. Look forward to more results from that combination in the future.

[Roy Foreman]

41 minutes ago, fwm891 said:

Great result. Something to build on rather than it all going wrong and first light being a disaster.

I had an MN190 many years ago. It's a good scope and your result proves it. Look forward to more results from that combination in the future.

Thank you !

Yes, I have read many good reports on the MN190 and even though this is just a first test I can seen that the quality is there- better than my 10 F/4 Quattro, which may now have to go !

[daemon]

Excellent! Especially considering the amount of data. Really like the framing too.

[Roy Foreman]

7 hours ago, daemon said:

Excellent! Especially considering the amount of data. Really like the framing too.

Thank you and yes, considering the small amount of data I am really pleased with how it turned out. 

[wavydavy]

Yes the MN190 is a great scope had one years ago, sold it. But was awesome.............

[Roy Foreman]

27 minutes ago, wavydavy said:

Yes the MN190 is a great scope had one years ago, sold it. But was awesome.............

So I keep hearing ! Only used it once but already I can see why people love it.  Image quality appears to be superior to a straight newtonian with nice tight round stars. And pretty much covers a full frame sensor.  Looking forward to the next clear night, whenever that might be !

[Mandy D]

The MN190 is on my wish list, but something else will have to go to make room for it!

[Roy Foreman]

19 minutes ago, Mandy D said:

The MN190 is on my wish list, but something else will have to go to make room for it!

I nearly bought one some years ago but could not find confirmation that it would cover a full frame sensor, so got the 10" Quattro CF instead. A great scope but I can already see that the MN190 has better fidelity and is not much slower. Surprising that the design is not more popular.

[Mandy D]

2 hours ago, Roy Foreman said:

I nearly bought one some years ago but could not find confirmation that it would cover a full frame sensor, so got the 10" Quattro CF instead. A great scope but I can already see that the MN190 has better fidelity and is not much slower. Surprising that the design is not more popular.

Other than price, I can see no good reason why it is not more popular. I think the 200P is going to have to go if I get one.

[Roy Foreman]

7 hours ago, Mandy D said:

Other than price, I can see no good reason why it is not more popular. I think the 200P is going to have to go if I get one.

I think it might me a little heavier than your 200P. I seem to recall you saying that you also had a 300PDS.  If you can manage that then the MN190 will be a breeze, go for it !