Astro-Nutz Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) Hi all, first image post so be kind 😉 i recently got myself a new ZS81 mainly for solar imaging with my Quark that i havent used yet !! But as i had a 2" 2x ES focal extender i asked over on the WO group if anyone had had any success using a 2x in the optical train for DS work..... to say it got poo pooed was an understatement lol to be fair i think a lot of answers were based on people not actually trying it but rather explaining why it was a tad faux pas shall be way, until a guy called Dann Parks showed us his captures, i was sold lol so here is my first and only test to date as weather and back issues have stopped play for me for a while, i captured M51 with the ZS81, 2x ES focal extender and 294MC-Pro, no filters, no flattener. The seeing was horrendous that night as guiding was the worst id had in a long time but that said i still got what i think is a pretty good test image, certainly one to work on and perfect. Plate solving worked perfect at f14 also so i am well happy. This image is only 2.5hrs of 180sec subs, and yer there is a lot wrong with it but considering its at f14 theres a lot to be encouraged by to 🙂  Edited April 7, 2021 by Astro-Nutz 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Planning on something similar myself for small galaxies. Got a 2x TV Powermate to play around with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro-Nutz Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Definitely worth the try Mark judging by my result that had seeing issues (Y) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissTony Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Definitely worth it - be interested to see what the power mate does. Took this (While talking to Lee) with a 860mm FL / 130mm Carbon fibre "SET Optics scope, 2 x Altair Tele Extender and QSI6909i Happy with the result BUT it has shown me that my refractor is quite a bit out of collimation!!!! Just bought the scope on a whim from a local guy. This has been stripped down and taken to a fantastic guy in worcestershire - Chris Livingstone telescopes - and will be back with me on Friday - hopefully collimated and providing sharper images again. Â 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro-Nutz Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Nice shot Swiss Tony 😛 😂 you'll have to tell me the story behind that mate 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Lovely shot SwissTony, and welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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