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M51, Daniel Wetzler
M51
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M51

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M51, Daniel Wetzler
M51
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M51

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Since here in Germany we are coming into the galaxy-time I activated my Edge HD8 telescope to make some Photos of M51. During exposure of this photo I didn't habe the accurate distance between reducer and camera. You can see it especially in the top left corner where stars seem to flee away from the center.
On the pother hand the guiding with the new configuration was ok and I could get a to some extend reasonable picture.
I used the Celstron 0.7x reducer. For guiding I used a 240mm guiding scope but I will change to an off axis guider. The Edge HD8 is a nice piece of optics and I'm looking forward to work with it during the galaxy time.

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M51, Daniel Wetzler