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Whirlpool Galaxy, Alistair Scobie
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Whirlpool Galaxy

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Whirlpool Galaxy

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This image is my first light with a new Sharpstar SCA260 Aspherical Cassegrain Astrograph.
The optical design must be similar to a Correct Dall Kirkham (CDK). Similar OTS woudl be the Takahashi CCA250 and the Orion Optics ODK10.

I have mounted this OTA on my Skywatcher EQ6-R and currently have a 3rd axis balance issue that I cannot correct by adjusting the OTA position on the saddle. This has impacted guiding and before editing I has oval stars. I will fix the balance issue and then return to imaging to see what other issues are apparent.

Total weight of setup is currently 18 kg which is close to the mount's advised limit and I am using a guidescope at present.

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