Saturn 9-18-22

JimFox

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Wow Chuck! You knocked it out of the park with this one. I would say this is one of the cleanest images of Saturn that I have seen.

You are going to have me putting an HD Edge on my Christmas wish list at this point!
 

chuckp

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Wow Chuck! You knocked it out of the park with this one. I would say this is one of the cleanest images of Saturn that I have seen.

You are going to have me putting an HD Edge on my Christmas wish list at this point!
If I only had a Celestron 14 but this 9.25 does a fantastic job and it is easy to handle. Look up some shots taken with the 14" scope you will be amazed.
 

JimFox

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If I only had a Celestron 14 but this 9.25 does a fantastic job and it is easy to handle. Look up some shots taken with the 14" scope you will be amazed.
I will look those up with the 14"

I was thinking about the 8" Edge HD. Not as much reach, but it's probably all I could afford, plus the weight of it.

Do you need to use a different guide scope when using these larger scopes?
 

chuckp

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I will look those up with the 14"

I was thinking about the 8" Edge HD. Not as much reach, but it's probably all I could afford, plus the weight of it.

Do you need to use a different guide scope when using these larger scopes?
The 8" edge is a good scope also. Flat field all the ways across. I use a 50mm Orion guide scope and camera but I have a good mount. At 2000mm it is pretty tough to guide. I use a 0.7 reducer when I do deep sky. For planetary imaging if you live where the jet stream is forget the planets the seeing will be bad.
 

Mike Lewis

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That is fantastic! cannot wait to try this on my Edge 9.25 once it is finally set up and ready to go. So you are saying you used a 2.5x barlow (Powermate?) to get this?

ML
 

chuckp

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That is fantastic! cannot wait to try this on my Edge 9.25 once it is finally set up and ready to go. So you are saying you used a 2.5x barlow (Powermate?) to get this?

ML
Thanks Mike, yes I used the 2.5 powermate. I have a Moolite focuser on mine and use a hand controlled motor to focus. Here is a pic of my focuser. This focuser was designed for the Lepus reducer. I now have the dedicated 0.7 reducer.
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Mike Lewis

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Thanks Mike, yes I used the 2.5 powermate. I have a Moolite focuser on mine and use a hand controlled motor to focus. Here is a pic of my focuser. This focuser was designed for the Lepus reducer. I now have the dedicated 0.7 reducer.
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Chuck,

Thanks for the photo - very nice setup. I am hoping soon to get back to some astro, although I am likely at least a couple of months away from getting the Edge 925 deployed for the first time. Your fine results are very inspirational though, that is for sure!

ML
 
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