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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Meade LX 200 16" f/10
Guiding telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 Essential Series
Guiding camera:Orion Starshoot autoguider
Focal reducer:Meade f6.3 focal reducer/field flattener Meade f/6.3 Focal Reducer
Software:Pixinsight, Photoshop
Filter:Light Pollution Filter
Resolution: 2400x1662
Dates:Feb. 8, 2018
Frames:Light Pollution Filter: 84x99" ISO1600
Integration: 2.3 hours
Darks: ~12
Bias: ~80
Avg. Moon age: 22.90 days
Avg. Moon phase: 42.07%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Astrometry.net job: 1928029
Locations: The Westport Observatory (WAS), Westport, CT, United States
A semi-successful test of several new parts on the 16" SCT. The resulting image is decent, but I think some color fringes might be a collimation issue, and I had a problem with the target drifting from frame to frame even with steady autoguiding. The guide scope was definitely not lined up with the main scope, so my guess is that the frame was rotating around the guide star well outside this field of view.
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