My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up (Georg G Albrecht)

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My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up

Revision title: My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up (Update 2023)

My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up

Revision title: My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up (Update 2023)

My beloved EvoGuide 50ED was sold this spring and replaced with a WO RedCat51, which I am really fond of.
Additions to this set-up: ZWO EFW 5x2" and the BlackCat frame for the EAF. I will also exchange the ASI120MC-s with the ASI290MM-mini and I am waiting for the DeepSkyDad flat panel to arrive. In the new year I will add the new Pegasus rotator v2 and a Pegasus power box to it.
Cable management might look messy, but until I have not finished the entire set-up, I don't really care - everything works

Past Reference: 2022
It looks and feels similar to my Winter Astrophotography set-up but with some important changes. First it sits here in the desert on the Atlas II mount and second I designed a 3D printed frame to integrate the ZWO EAF auto focuser over a pulley system to automate my imaging sessions. With a little bit of twigging and some changes, it now works perfectly. A friend said it should be "verboten" to get the quality images I get with the EvoGuide. I suppose it's a compliment to Sky-Watcher...

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Title: My Summer Widefield Astrophotography set-up (Update 2023)

Description: My beloved EvoGuide 50ED was sold this spring and replaced with a WO RedCat51, which I am really fond of.
Additions to this set-up: ZWO EFW 5x2" and the BlackCat frame for the EAF. I will also exchange the ASI120MC-s with the ASI290MM-mini and I am waiting for the DeepSkyDad flat panel to arrive. In the new year I will add the new Pegasus rotator v2 and a Pegasus power box to it.

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