Hi all:
The attached images are from my first several imaging runs with a used Pentax 100 SDUF II telescope I bought here on Astromart. The Pentax is a 100mm f4 refractor. I am using it with a camera rig consisting of an FLI Microline 11002M, PDF focuser and FLI filter wheel with Baader filters. The camera train stays all hooked together and I can attach it to my TEC, the Pentax telescope or any number of Pentax 6X7 camera lenses without any issues. The setup with the Pentax is pretty nifty because it is so small (but very robust) that I can haul the entire telescope and camera rig from the house to my Mach 1 mount all hooked up and ready to go. This makes multi-night sessions a breeze for the observatory-challenged. (My mount stays outside on a pier and in a bag all the time.)
With the Pentax SDUF II and Kodak 11002M chip the field of view is a hefty 5.17 degrees by 3.43 degrees. The blue channel is a bit bloated. I am going to try to refine the focusing of this channel, but it is probably just the way it goes with such a fast not-that-expensive refractive system.
This first image is a Ha+OII+RGB of the entire Veil Nebula complex. A full resolution version is here:
http://home.comcast.net/~jameslbrown/pwpimages/final%20Veil.jpg
Jim
The attached images are from my first several imaging runs with a used Pentax 100 SDUF II telescope I bought here on Astromart. The Pentax is a 100mm f4 refractor. I am using it with a camera rig consisting of an FLI Microline 11002M, PDF focuser and FLI filter wheel with Baader filters. The camera train stays all hooked together and I can attach it to my TEC, the Pentax telescope or any number of Pentax 6X7 camera lenses without any issues. The setup with the Pentax is pretty nifty because it is so small (but very robust) that I can haul the entire telescope and camera rig from the house to my Mach 1 mount all hooked up and ready to go. This makes multi-night sessions a breeze for the observatory-challenged. (My mount stays outside on a pier and in a bag all the time.)
With the Pentax SDUF II and Kodak 11002M chip the field of view is a hefty 5.17 degrees by 3.43 degrees. The blue channel is a bit bloated. I am going to try to refine the focusing of this channel, but it is probably just the way it goes with such a fast not-that-expensive refractive system.
This first image is a Ha+OII+RGB of the entire Veil Nebula complex. A full resolution version is here:
http://home.comcast.net/~jameslbrown/pwpimages/final%20Veil.jpg
Jim
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