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I started Astrophotography in 2021 when I retired from the army and was looking for something to take up some time. My first rig was a Celestron SCT 9.25 with an EQ6R Pro and a ZWO 294MC. I struggled to get collimation and flat starts for about 2 ye…
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I started Astrophotography in 2021 when I retired from the army and was looking for something to take up some time. My first rig was a Celestron SCT 9.25 with an EQ6R Pro and a ZWO 294MC. I struggled to get collimation and flat starts for about 2 years. I even sent it in to Celestron to be professional Collimated, but I still could not get a round star. As a last ditch effort to safe me from selling it I purchased the Starizona SCT corrector. Just like magic my field of view was Flat.
Along the way I decided I wanted to start shooting some of the Narrow band targets and I wanted a larger field of view. I picked up the 120ED From Skywatcher and was able for the first time to gather good data.
This allowed me to learn Post Processing. I purchased a copy of Pixinsite. With the help of Tegan from Hi-point scientific and a lot of you tube videos I developed a personal workflow that I am sonsistanly improving on as I learn.
Last winter I decided I wanted wider yet. I purchased my first fast astrograph with the release of the skywather Quattro 150P at about 500mm FL and f3.5 I started focusing on larger narrowband target. I purchased my first set of 3nm filter and the I was rained out. almost four months of clouds.... I guess its true what they say about ordering gear and bad weather. I'm looking forward to getting a lot of data in the fall after galaxy season.
I am excited to share my pictures with you all ag welcome any constructive criticism and feed back you can off. Good luck everyone and Clear Skies!
Retired, Disabled Vet
Astrophotography, SCUBA Instructor, General Maker
