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A Ritchey–Chrétien telescope on a strain wave mount imaging under the dark skies of Kickapoo Valley Reserve.

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English: I did a photo shoot with my rig at Kickapoo Valley Reserve in southewest Wisconsin while acquiring broadband data on IC 10. You can see the summer Milky Way setting with the bright stars of Cygnus on the upper left, and the Little Dipper is visible to the upper right.

Setup

  • OTA: Apertura CarbonStar RC8 (203 mm f/8 Ritchey–Chrétien)
  • Mount: Sky-Watcher Wave 150i (strain wave German equatorial mount)
  • Camera: Touptek ATR533M (Sony IMX533 monochrome CMOS sensor) with tilt plate
  • Filter wheel: Touptek AFW-M (8-position wheel supporting 1.25" and 36 mm filters)
  • Filters: Touptek 1.25" LRGB, Touptek 6.5 nm SHO, SVBONY SV183 685 nm IR pass
  • Control: MeLe Quieter 4C running NINA, GS Server, PHD2, and ASTAP
  • Other accessories: Z-Bolt 525 nm laser in right Synta finder bracket
  • Target: IC 10 (irregular starburst galaxy in Cassiopeia
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