8" Meade LX-90 GPS with standard wedge
Meade DSI IIIc with 1.25" Astro Engineering 0.6x Focal Reducer in modified nose-piece. Autoguided with Starlight 80 + DSIc with 1S update rate in Envisage.
37 15S Subs, hand picked and stacked in AIP4Win 2.2. Dark subtract done on the fly in Envisage, flat frame and bias calibration done in AIP4Win 2.2 each individual LRGB channel. Calibrated channels joined in AIP4WIN 2.2 and enhanced using DDP. Final finishing in Photoshop.
Taken on 15-07-2008
Note: modified nose-piece is an astro-engineering part for adapting T-thread to 1.25" push fitting, machined back to 4mm from rear face. There's still some distortion in the corners, so going to try and machine another version, flush with the face this time.