Date Taken: 05/30/2009 Photographer:
Jamie B Location: Chesnee SC
Telescope:
Orion ShortTube 80 Refractor Telescope Optical Tube Assembly
Mount:
Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera:
Orion StarShoot Deep Space Camera Imaging 1 Pro Processing: Captured with Maxim DL Essentials, Stacked with Nebulosity V2, Master frames registered with CCD Stack, Hubble Pallet Applied with Photoshop CS2. Exposure: SII- 6x1800 Sec Mapped to Red; Ha- 8x900 Sec: Mapped to Green; Also used as a Luninance channel. OIII- 6x1800 Sec Mapped to Blue. Notes: Captured with Maxim DL Essentials, Stacked with Nebulosity V2, Master frames registered with CCD Stack, Hubble Pallet Applied with Photoshop CS2.
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.
If you're looking for a heavy duty GoTo mount for all your observing or astrophotography needs, the Orion Atlas EQ-G computerized GoTo telescope mount is perfect. It supports up to 40lbs and finds over 42,900 celestial objects with pushbutton ease.