wpo - My Meade 30cm LX200 Classic SCT -  Imaging

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30cm MEADE CLASSIC LX200:+ Starlight Xpress Lodestar CCD in brief exposure images via my observatory mounted scope mostly at ultra-fast f/2.9 [Meade nominal f/3.3 FR] in live-view mode.

With better flats, taken at dusk, the full unvignetted frame via the SX Lodestar CCD is achieved in this productive session near summer solstice.

m27lode m57 m51 m101 m81 m82 m56 gc m71 gc n7006 gc del n6934 gc del

lodestar cam lodestar dso mix lodestar dso mix2 - lodestar dso mix 3 M5 gc

saturn sats Moon M3 gc M67 oc M82

M51 via static 30cm SCT in 0.3s sub-exposure using SX Lodestar CCD.

M51

These are some recent images via my observatory mounted 30cm Meade Classic LX200 SCT with Starlight Xpress SXVF_M9 CCD camera mostly at f/6.3 and homemade f/5 focal reducers and also at the native f/10 for larger image scale and potential detail.

These shots at f/10 - some with a simple red interference filter serving as a pseudo H-alpha filter on emission objects like M1's 'filaments' and M42 M1 M1 M1 M42

galaxy mix galaxy mix LX200 DSOS LX200 DSOS LX200 DSOSX LX200 M1 ESKIMO PNE N2419 INT GALACTIC WANDERER LYNX QUASAR @ 12BLY LYNX QUASAR @ 12BLY N3718 GXY M97 PNE UMA GXY sombrero m104 GXY

saturn+sats

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