Re: [APML] [OT] Meade RCX/Yankee 6303 at TSP

["Greg Hartke" <ghartke@adelphia.net>]

Hi, Jason,

"Marginal" for you would be fine for some of  us. ;)

BTW, how do you like the new RCX? How sharp are the optics for imaging? Is 
the focus stable? Is it easy to focus? (I'm thinking about refractor-like 
ease of focus as compared to the standard SCT.) Are the optics mechanically 
stable? Is the field sufficiently flat for today's larger imaging chips? Is 
the field well illuminated? I talked to Scott Roberts at NEAF about the 
possibility of Meade selling the OTA alone. He said that no decision had 
been made on that subject but that he personally strongly favored it. He 
clearly understood that the best imagers out there already have their own 
high end mounts and would never be interested in the scope if they had to 
buy it with the mount, too. FWIW (which ain't much), my general impression 
from the conversation was that there was a better than even probability that 
it would happen. Not sure I'd want one but I'm interested, depending on what 
I hear from many users in answer to the sort of questions posed above. For 
myself, TIA for any answers you'd care to give; I'm sure there are more than 
a few interested folks out there.

Regards,

Greg Hartke
Sykesville, MD USA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Ware" <jtw@galaxyphoto.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:55 PM
Subject: [APML] [OT] Meade RCX/Yankee 6303 at TSP


> TSP was pretty much a bust but I managed to
> produced a couple of images between the clouds.
> Seeing was marginal at best, in fact the guide
> star was lost a few times.
>
> The Yankee Robotics Trifid II 6303 camera worked very well,
> quite a step up from the Trifid I demo.
>
> Here is an LRGB image done with the Optec filter
> wheel on the Meade 12" RCX400. Total exposure:
> 30:5:5:10
>
> http://galaxyphoto.com/temp/jw_yankee_rcx_m65_66.jpg
>
> This is a single 5 minute exposure with the RCX...
>
> http://galaxyphoto.com/temp/jw_yankee_rcx_m13.jpg
>
> Overall I needed more data but thats the best I
> could do with the conditions.
>
> Hoping for better weather soon.
>
> -Jason Ware 

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