N. American and Pelican with Samyang 135 (Elmiko)

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N. American and Pelican with Samyang 135

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N. American and Pelican with Samyang 135

Had a great time last night imaging from the dark site ( Bortle 4).
First time I got to image since June, because of Monsoons in the SW deserts. Met four Imaging friends, two of which are fellow Astrobin Members... Bob Rucker and Ray Heinle.
Nothing like imaging from dark skies!
I ended up capturing these two familiar Nebulae. The Camera and Lens combination framed them perfectly!
I recently purchased the 3-D printed Astrodymium mount. It's a nicely crafted piece of gear that holds the Samyang 135 Lens, guide scope, EAF and the ASI Air.
I was having problems with the AF routine the first time out. The focus position with my Lens is fairly close to the hard stop...or limit in one direction.
When the AF routine started it would go in the reverse direction and hit the hard stop and fail to auto focus. I ended up disabling the reverse mode in the ASI Air app. So now when the AF starts it goes forward away from the limit ( hard stop) and is able to move in both directions to create the v curve necessary for a successful AF. I know that some folks have done surgery on the Samyang Lens by moving the hard stop position by removing the small screws under the focus ring. I didn't have to in my case. Lucky for me... I would have lost the tiny screws.
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Title: Astrodymium Mount for my Wide-Field setup

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Description: rgb stars added 62 Cygni had a nasty halo. By removing the original stars and adding stars captured with the uvir filter solved that problem.

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RA (center)	20h56m56s.32
RA (top/left)	21h00m34s.52
RA (top/right)	20h39m22s.54
RA (bottom/right)	20h53m40s.66
RA (bottom/left)	21h14m09s.17

Dec (center)	+44°19′58″.6
Dec (top/left)	+47°26′25″.3
Dec (top/right)	+44°50′52″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+41°13′21″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°39′13″.2

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