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M8 from Esprit 120 APO on Meade 850 mount Single 10 minute Exposure, 



    
        

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M8 from Esprit 120 APO on Meade 850 mount Single 10 minute Exposure
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M8 from Esprit 120 APO on Meade 850 mount Single 10 minute Exposure

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Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 335978

RA center: 18h04m20s.2

DEC center: -24°2208

Pixel scale: 5.781 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -136.259 degrees

Field radius: 0.950 degrees

Resolution: 620x412

File size: 272.6 KB

Description

Ok been testing a new Skywatcher Esprit 120 Triplet with field flattner on the Meade 850 mount.

AS USUAL, got one 10 minute sub before the sky went to crap. Anyway, Meade mount doing well, easy to use. Esprit is one nice APO.

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M8 from Esprit 120 APO on Meade 850 mount Single 10 minute Exposure, 



    
        

            Maadscientist