wpo - My Meade ETX-70AT with Autostar  Open+Globular Clusters

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GALAXIES....OPEN+GLOBULARS....PNE+DIFFUSE NEB....QUASARS....NOVA+SNE....VARIABLES....SOLAR+STELLAR SPECTRA

I've acquired the diminutive Meade 70mm aperture f/5 refractor with goto pointing and am enjoying the experience. These images show the amazing stellar penetration and detail possible from such a small telescope aided by sensitive superfast download USB2 Starlight Xpress HX516 and MX916 monochrome CCD cameras. Typically NO FILTERS are used and recently the ETX-70 has been piggybacked on my LX200 for better tracking. These images are a record of my progress over recent months.

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GLOBULAR+OPEN CLUSTERS: Return to native ETX-70 f/5 for best resolution ever on OCs near Sirius including PNe in M46 Puppis. Also series of large/ small OCs in Auriga. ETX-70 piggybacked on Meade LX200 SCT.

These following summer shots via ETX-70 in polar mode on the patio with the SX Lodestar uncooled CCD.

GC m13 her GC m56 lyr GC n7006 del

GC m13 her GC m92 her GC n6229 her GC m56 lyr GC 68 hyd

GC m3 GC m53 GC Pal3 field Sextans

oc m48 hydra oc m36 aur oc m37 aur oc m38 aur gc m3 CVn=60s exp oc n1883 aur oc king 8 aur oc cz23 aur oc basel4 aur

oc m41 CMa oc M46+PNe Pup OC nr M46 pup OC nr M46 pup

wider angle shots via homemade focal reducer - M44+background galaxies; n2264; n2232.

M45+Horsehead ocmix

M79+N2415+n2906[leo]

M44 Beehive Cnc M44+galaxies Cnc n2232 oc Mon n2264 oc Mon

M45 FR image M35 FR image M35 FR image

the mix including M11/16/17/20/26/71: the Pleiades shot via ETX-70 OTA+DSLR piggybacked on LX200. In Nov 2007 tried a 1-1/4" light pollution reduction filter immediately before the MX9 CCD to good effect and some [smaller images] in lo-res 2x2 binned mode for more camera 'speed'.

M45 lores 2x2 binned n2420 in per M45 n1245 oc per

M13/92 in her M13 glxs in her n6229 in her n2419 in lynx dso mix m45 Pleiades oc ic1396 oc n6830 oc n6633 Coathanger asterism in Vul Coathanger asterism in Vul

M71 IN VUL M56 LYR POLARIS M11 GC in scutum M15 GC IN PEG dbl cluster OC IN Per M56 GC IN LYR M10 GC IN OPH GC'S IN HER M53 GC CBN M3 GC IN CVN M45 PLIEADES

text & images copyright Maurice Gavin - May 2007 Visitor Counter by Digits