May 1, 2013

AT65EDQ Test Image (April 20, 2013)

Here is a test image taken through a new AT65EDQ.  This image was taken with the SXVF-H9C, a one-shot-color camera; you can see the color correction of the lens system is excellent.  I'm still trying to determine whether to swap out the stock focuser.  It held the equipment well but does not have the precision I'm used to.  Focus was a bit less snappy than I'm used to, too, and I'm not sure why.  But the image looks promising.

This is a bit over an hour (23x180").  Clouds were rolling in, and the moon was out.  The cluster is M13, of course.  I was anxious to see how stars looked in the corners of the full frame (small though this chip is), so I did not even bother to center the cluster.


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