Date Taken: 10/03/2011 Photographer:
Joe R. Location: Austin, TX
Telescope:
Orion 10? F/3.9
Mount:
CGEM
Camera:
Canon 5D mkII, LPS-V4, MPCC Processing: Gathered and processed in Images Plus 4.25 Exposure: 10 X 840 sec. @ iso 320 Other Equipment Used: Orion ST-80 80mm guide scope and Solitaire Auto-guider Notes: The scope can do better, the moon and trees messed me over with the shot. (still grinning)
A very affordable 10" telescope, capable of capturing incredibly deep images, the Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian reflector astrograph is an amazing performer. The coatings are 94% reflective, and the 2" dual speed crayford focuser is rock solid.
The Orion ShortTube 80 is perfect being used as a guide scope with a CCD autoguider. It is a compact scope with optics that deliver bright wide-field images. This product is just the tube assembly with no accessories.