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Imaging in the mountains, JohnHen

Imaging in the mountains

Imaging in the mountains, JohnHen

Imaging in the mountains

Description

This setup has proven to be fairly light and mobile, easy and fast to setup and capable of wide-field DSO.

Scope: Takahashi FSQ-85EDX
Camera: QHYCCD 600M
Mount: RST-135 on a carbon fiber tripod
Power source: LiFePo4 rated at 750Wh (good for two nights of power)
MeLe mini PC and PegasusAstro power box mounted on top of the scope
mini WiFi router

Takes approx. 15 minutes, to level the tripod (which can be challenging on soft or loose surfaces), install mount, scope and cables and finally do polar alignment (with SharpCap). I use N.I.N.A as main software and control everything via RD client app just from a cell phone.

CSJohn

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Imaging in the mountains, JohnHen