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Title: Final Saturn from 09th
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Feb 11, 2006, 10:57:57

This is probably my final stack of the 2x3 min AVI's with the Vixen VC200L. Come on mike you have a go :-)

(http://www.jumpers4goalposts.org.uk/images/Astronomy/Saturn/Saturn20060209_Final.jpg)

Title: Final Saturn from 09th
Post by: JohnP on Feb 11, 2006, 11:58:37

Looks pretty amazing to me... You should try increasing by X2 for a real wow factor....!

Title: Final Saturn from 09th
Post by: Mike on Feb 11, 2006, 11:59:43

That's looking pretty nice to me. How did you collimate scope Chris (if at all) ?

And how do you find it compared to the LX90 ?

If I didn't keep coming home so late from work I would be able to get out a bit more with the Vixen myself.

Title: Final Saturn from 09th
Post by: Whitters on Feb 11, 2006, 12:13:05

Very nice Chris. Great image.

Title: Final Saturn from 09th
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Feb 12, 2006, 09:49:16

Hi Mike

I spend a 1.5 session on the last clear night collimating it, that was the night I wrote the comparison between the two scopes.

My gut feeling is the Vixen is not going to be as good as the 8" Meade OTA, but the EQ6 mount is a lot better therefore making life easier.

But having said that a star test showed that there's still a little more collimation I can squeeze out of the Vixen scope.

Chris

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Rocket Pooch on Feb 11, 2006, 10:57:57