Yeah, the stretch on this didn't come out quite like I wanted, and I wound up compromising with something that was less aggressive. I'm probably going to try restretching using GHS instead and see how it turns out. I may need more integration time to for the hydrogen emission in M82.

That's an excellent point. I forgot about the corrector on the EdgeHD. So decision made. I'll be skipping the Meade SCT sale. I'll wait and see what else comes along.

I'm kind-of tempted by this, although all I really want is the OTA. The C8 Edge OTA-only is going for ~$1,600, while they have a fork-mounted LX90 8" OTA sans tripod for $1,000. Not a bad deal, but I'll have to de-fork it.

Optics: Askar 103 APO refractor at 700mm focal length+field flatner.

Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro.

90, 180 sec. subframes, stacked and processed in PixInsight.

I gotta say, the Seestars seem to take far better images than they have any right to. I'm not about to give up my rig for one of these, but for anyone that is just getting started, these are really great.

I am an astrophotographer, and I am also on the operations teams for NASA's HiRISE camera and ESA's CaSSIS camera.

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