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skywatcher 1-1-2014

Using the new Skywatcher Adventure Mount. This is a mini EQ head for tracking the rotation of the sky only and, thus, is extremely simple to use and operate. It includes a polar alignment scope standard.

 

You can buy different kits, but I spent a few more bucks and got the Skywatcher Adventure "Star Adventure" that has a vixen mount for a telescope, but this vixen mount has an ingenious cutout so you can use the polar scope!!! This allowed me to mount my camera and then polar align. I used an iphone app to help me align.

 

Orion Constellation test, 60 images x 1minute, stacked in DPP, on a 10d infrared modified, Celestron UHC front mounted on 28-105mm lens at 28mm. Not a hard test, but pretty good for a first night out.

 

Internal reflections up the wazzu. But hey I've got well over 30 scared at night lights in my alley.

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Uploaded on January 3, 2015