First Light with the Genesis Televue...

[RichieJarvis]

Hi All,

Been having fun tonight with the Genesis since the moon came up.

First, had a great view of the moon with the 40mm and 26mm + x2 barlow - stunning! The craters were so crisp and clear

I couldn't wait till sun-down to start imaging though, so put the H9 on, and snapped 100x0.02 seconds through Ha/Oiii/Hb filters.

Here is the result:

For the purests, here is a black and white version, Ha only:

So, its looking good so far - very crisp and clear. Can't wait to get it on some deepsky objects - problem is, its looking quite hazy tonight - can anyone recommend a good globular for me for later on?

Cheers,

Richie

[Doc]

Very nice Richie.

How about the most distant Globular ever discovered. Ngc2419 in Lynx.

At mag 10 and 6.2' in size will make a good subject.

[ollypenrice]

Blistering shot, Richie. Where did you get that Genesis??

Looking good. Thank goodness it arrived in good shape!

Olly

[Merlin66]

Olly, Olly, Olly.....what can I say;)

Well, at least we have two very happy Genesis owners in the UK now!!

Ken

[lulu57]

Wah!

I bet you're not playing with your home-made rocket launcher now!:D

Congratulations on your new toy.

Very nice pic!

[RichieJarvis]

I'll give that a try in a minute - want to see if Alnitak, B33 and NC2024 are possible with this haze first....

Lulu - damn straight! Thats a cloudy night activity

Pulling a 5 minute sub atm

[Merlin66]

Richie,

How do you fit your Genesis on on the mount?

If found the original TV clamshell to be pretty "soft".

Ended up using 5" scope rings, padded out ( or should I say - in) with a couple of layers of cork gasket material.

Now I have a real snug fit on the pearl tube and the Vixen dovetail for the HEQ5.

Ken

[RichieJarvis]

I went with a pair of 4" scope rings from Telescope House. I wasn't happy with the clamshell idea, as Olly knows!!

Ideally, I would like to ditch one of the ring and use the clamshell, but time shall tell!!

Have you mounted any finderscope on yours? If so, how??

Cheers,

Richie

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[Merlin66]

Richie,

No, never bothered with a finder... a low power eyepiece seems to work for me. The Genesis 500mm focal length with a 32mm TV plossl = x15, exit pupil of about 6.5mm ( the 40mm plossl is too low a magnification, exit pupil 8mm)

Ken

[RichieJarvis]

Interesting....

Of course, I don't use eyepieces normally - it was fine aligning with my Meade 5000 40mm, but for the camera, i need a red-dot finder for the first alignment point.

Ah well - for now I've mounted it on the Side-by-side bar...

Richie

[geoff_k]

Lucky old you. If those images are anything to go by you should have some real fun with DSOs

Geoff

[Merlin66]

Richie,

If you wanted a finder...

What about an old 50mm lens and the QHY5 mounted on top of one of the scope rings...

I tried it out ( to help find and verify faint spectroscope star targets) on the 8" sct and I was pleasantly impressed with the outcome.

Ken

[jgs001]

Looks very nice Richie... I was wondering where those colours came from

[RichieJarvis]

Nice idea Ken!

Unfortunately, I have my DSLR mount on top of the rings already, so its kinda cluttered at the moment

Still - it works with an RDF on the side-by-side bar, so thats ok....

And yes John, it was kinda a copycat of yours that gave me the idea! Sorry!

[Merlin66]

Richie,

On my original TV Systems mount, I ended up putting a small "dual" bar ( from a length of 12mm x 30mm aluminium channel) across the top of the clamshell to support a couple of SLR's

You could do the same on your support rings. Pity to waste all that good tracking capability. ( or use one side for the electronic finder?)

Ken