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The Rosette Nebula: RedCat 71 First Light with Caldwell 49, Chris O
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The Rosette Nebula: RedCat 71 First Light with Caldwell 49

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The Rosette Nebula: RedCat 71 First Light with Caldwell 49, Chris O
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The Rosette Nebula: RedCat 71 First Light with Caldwell 49

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I picked up a William Optics RedCat 71 and was able to get a mostly clear night to take it out. However, I ran into a host of issues...not with the scope, just one of those nights. In the end I lost almost two hours to setting up my first target, then had to throw away over an hour's worth of data. I was able to squeeze in a few minutes on the Rosette Nebula however.

Clearly I need to work on alignment and focusing, too. I don't have a solution for autofocus yet, and I made a rookie mistake of focusing with the wrong filter at the start of the night, and then didn't make adjustments as the temperature plummeted, and my dew heater setup failed. Many lessons learned!

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The Rosette Nebula: RedCat 71 First Light with Caldwell 49, Chris O