So I was able to align the primary with the upper cage enough to get some measurements for the poles. Kriege's formula was just about right on. Amazing.
The towers are about 2 miles. The a-focal shots were done with a hand held 20D Canon 50mm 1.8
I do have question about where the focuser should be. No mention in the book about where it should be, racked in or out. He mentioned putting in an eyepiece with the most inward travel. I'm guessing racked in. I have a two inch tube on my focuser and put it at half way. I tried all the eyepieces and there wasn't that much movement with the cage. I didn't try any barlows. So back to the drawing board on that one. I even put the 31 in thinking that it would have the most impact. Not so much. Thanks
So here are the pics for the first daytime first light of my 12.5 f/6.4
My kids got a chance to see first light, they didn't get it. They did see how exited I was
The towers are about 2 miles. The a-focal shots were done with a hand held 20D Canon 50mm 1.8
I do have question about where the focuser should be. No mention in the book about where it should be, racked in or out. He mentioned putting in an eyepiece with the most inward travel. I'm guessing racked in. I have a two inch tube on my focuser and put it at half way. I tried all the eyepieces and there wasn't that much movement with the cage. I didn't try any barlows. So back to the drawing board on that one. I even put the 31 in thinking that it would have the most impact. Not so much. Thanks
So here are the pics for the first daytime first light of my 12.5 f/6.4
My kids got a chance to see first light, they didn't get it. They did see how exited I was
