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M100 widefield with Star Adventurer and 72/432 Lacerta Apo, tommy_nawratil
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M100 widefield with Star Adventurer and 72/432 Lacerta Apo

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M100 widefield with Star Adventurer and 72/432 Lacerta Apo, tommy_nawratil
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M100 widefield with Star Adventurer and 72/432 Lacerta Apo

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I got of of one of the first samples to test it, so here we go! The new Skywatcher Star Adventurer is a tracker that can digest a little more than just camera and tele lens, I equipped it with a counterweight and put on the 2,6kg 72mm Lacerta Apo, focal length 432mm. Of course, without guiding you need to north align meticulously, but then I got nice 2min subs with very little trailing. Could use 80% of the frames to stack them to this picture of M100 and neighbours in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. Here I did a report with pictures of the setup (sorry, text german):
http://www.astronomieforum.at/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8239

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M100 widefield with Star Adventurer and 72/432 Lacerta Apo, tommy_nawratil