Widefield Veil

 

 

 

Full res here - https://i.imgur.com/920FNWb.jpeg

 

 

 

Other wide field shots here - https://photos.app.goo.gl/DrBxobexE9qLU8kbA

or

https://imgur.com/gallery/bFo3ZxQ

 

 

 

I was trialing out my new iOptron CEM120 with a few, smaller scopes to push my
wide-field skills.  I noticed something concerning right out of the gate with the C8i and overly simple right angle bracket that was not properly aligned on the axis of the OTA's rotation.  I was worried the mount was off so I swapped this setup:

 

 

 

 

For this one!

 

 

 

I removed the 4" Achromatic refractor and placed a better quality but smaller 200mm zoom lens in it's place.  It's the same imaging setup, a Canon 60Da with 200mm Canon EF 70-200 mm f4L IS USM that was on the Orange tube (the photo is old but the rest is the same.  I used the main OTA to do the guiding, which I know is overkill but it works!

 

I'm pretty happy with the results on the CEM120 and now need to figure out astroberry or get a 2nd Win10 computer for NINA!