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M 1 - Crab Nebula, Pavle Culum
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M 1 - Crab Nebula

M 1 - Crab Nebula, Pavle Culum
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M 1 - Crab Nebula

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First DSO light with the new-to-me scope (Sky-Watcher 190 MN). After 2 long months of nonstop clouds, i was finally blessed by a grand total of 1.5 hrs of clear skies. I'm pretty amazed at the level of detail that was made available with such a short integration time, in addition to being marred by a full moon to boot.

This was also a test of the tracking and guiding performance with such a heavy scope on the EQ6-R - pushing its weight limit to the max. Guiding went perfectly - averaging around 0.38 RMS throughout the session. There are still some protrusions from the stars which i'm guessing are related to imperfect collimation - it's something i will have to work on in the future. But overall, very happy with results and the speed of the scope compared to my much slower 80ED at f/7.5.

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M 1 - Crab Nebula, Pavle Culum