Had unending rain for a while and then clouds, so haven’t actually gotten the cameras into the field yet.
The focuser on the Orion 80mm just wasn’t up to snuff so I replaced it with the William Optic Synta focuser. What a difference. Amazing. Highly recommended:
http://www.williamoptics.com/wo_shop/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26_31&products_id=356
I also removed the small mounting pad that came on the Orion and added a dovetail bar instead:
http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_eqde.htm
I wanted to test both cameras through the Orion 80mm, so that’s what I did.
Aimed at a neighbors garage door about 250′ away, and with the Meade DSI II, with 60 exposures I believe:
Full image:
http://www.silvren.com/misc/astro/object0004.jpg
Not sure why it’s so red, but no matter, I was only concerned with getting focus and testing Envisage 7.05.
Here’s a shot thru the 80mm from the Orion SS Pro V2, at the same door, using Images Plus. One exposure at .1 seconds:
Full image:
http://www.silvren.com/misc/astro/Image_Light_0.10Sec__7_RGB.jpg
