Quick Elephant

[Tim]

Just managed to squeeze 3 x 20 mins in Ha with the little WO72 last night before the clouds came in.

This is the first time I have used the scope with the H9 camera, trutech wheel, and TS guider in combination. I was hoping for a wider FOV really, still not used to these small chip cameras

I hope to add more subs to this one, and hopefully longer ones.

Cheers

[steve51450]

that's a clean looking shot tim for only 3x 20mins

[Paxo]

Nice detail in there Tim, especially considering 3 subs (although they are 20 mins).

Steve..

[Aza]

Nice job Tim.

Is this a full frame shot?

I havent used this chip with my WO72 and was wondering about the stars at the edge of the FOV.

Also did you get any vignetting?

Cheers

[moocher]

An hour well spent Timothy.....

Alan:)

[Tim]

Arran, yes thats the full frame, very slightly cropped to delete the tiny overlaps. I'd be seriously worried if there was any vignetting with a dinky little chip like the H9 has

As for the stars, I never looked at them to be quite truthful, they look ok though. I am using a field flattener II with the camera. Not a perfect match I dont think for the scope, but its better than the FF I with it, and the stars are reasonable, a LOT beter than without it. Makes the scope faster too.

Cheers

[Aza]

Thanks for the info.

I was wondering if the flattener would be need as the chip is so small.

Now you have saved me some testing time

[minimalist]

Very nice Tim, I'd say the framing is just about perfect even if you didn't get the whole thing in the fov.

Daniel

[DeanWatson]

I have to confess, I'm disappointed - When I read the threads title, I was hoping to see a pachyderm on rollerskates!

Kidding! Lovely image! had a go myself a while back but you need LOADS of data for this one with shocking exposure lengths in 'clean' skies.