Here's my Celestron NexStar 4SE telescope
it's the "Tiny Scope That Could" !
I have it on a Celestron AVX mount
with a Canon T3i unmodded camera
and a ZWO guide camera
Most people assume you have to have a BIG telescope to image some deep space objects
like galaxies and nebula. And, yes, I have bigger scopes to astro-image with.
But I just wanted to see what this little scope could do.
The truth is that if you have a good mount that tracks well
this telescope (OTA) can give more than acceptable results. Here's the proof...
Messier 81 (M 81) Bode's Galaxy
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Messier 81 (M 81) Bode's Galaxy
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Messier 82 (M 82) The Cigar Galaxy
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Messier 82 (M 82) The Cigar Galaxy
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Messier 97 (M 97) - The Owl Nebula
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Messier 97 (M 97) - The Owl Nebula
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Messier 3 (M 3) globular star cluster
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Messier 3 (M 3) globular star cluster
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Messier 51 (M 51) Whirlpool Galaxy
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(I think I can do this even better in the future!)
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