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I got in this afternoon to cloudy skies, but it cleared up later on in the evening. It's 17C (65F) outside, unseansonably warm and a good time to have a beer and shoot the 80% illuminated Moon with my old C80-HD and Canon EOS 550D and Baader UV/IR filter.
A couple of months ago I replaced the stock focuser with a GSO focuser and finderscope. Those two items cost what I paid for the scope, CG4 mount and camera second hand, so with the UV/IR filter, about $600 CDN total for all this. I think it's well worth it; this scope/mout/camera combo has been my lunar/WL solar workhorse for years.
This is a process of tonights 165 pics at ISO 800 and 1/500th sec exp done with PIPP, and the best 25 stacked in AS3. No post processing at all; I tried and it just looks better with none
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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