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Sadr Region (DSLR) - 10 July 2022, Geof Lewis
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Sadr Region (DSLR) - 10 July 2022

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Fist time out using PHD2 to guide the Star Adventurer Mount, which I 've had for a couple of years, but rarely used. It's my intention to use this more mount frequently both at home and as a grab and go travel rig. I've purchased a ZWO Mini Guide Scope and paired it with my old planetary ASI120MM-s as a guide camera. Guide scope and camera are mounted on an L-bracket attached to the Canon 600D DSLR.
I ran some exposure tests and was able to get round stars up to 5 min exposures, but didn't try longer exposures as sky was too bright, in astronomical twilight and with the waxing 1st qtr moon in the sky. I had some passing high thin clouds, so this is just 4 x 3 min subs at ISO800, but even so the clouds caused a large halo around Sadr. I'm very pleased with this test run and look forward to using the rig for a longer session under a dark, moonless sky in the coming months.

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Title: Camera with ZWO mini guide scope attached

Description: This is an image of the Canon 600D with the ZWO mini guide scope attached to it via an L-bracket mounted on the SA mount. Lens shown is a Canon 35mm, not the Nikkor ED 180mm used for capturing Sadr region.

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Sadr Region (DSLR) - 10 July 2022, Geof Lewis

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