Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  HD277971  ·  HD277980  ·  HD278080  ·  HD278092  ·  NGC 1857
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NGC 1857 _first light RC8, Mike7Mak
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NGC 1857 _first light RC8

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NGC 1857 _first light RC8, Mike7Mak
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NGC 1857 _first light RC8

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Target of opportunity and first light for the RC8 after spending most of the night in minus C temps collimating it. Still not collimated as the left edge stars will show quite obviously but I wanted an image to plate solve so I could verify the focal length of the scope. Have a Glatter laser and TS rc flattener on the way. So far I'm really liking this scope and it fits the pixel scale of my ccds perfectly at 1625 f/l.

I spent the summer putting different scopes on the mount and didn't get much actual imaging done. I think I'm pretty much done with that nonsense now. This RC8 is gonna stay on the mount for the winter at least. Once I get it collimated 'good enough' it'll be nice to get back to simply imaging for a change.

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NGC 1857 _first light RC8, Mike7Mak