80mm f/6 Refractor on EQ-6 Mount

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I’ve used this mount and telescope for imaging the moon as well as portable astrophotography since mid-2010.

The telescope is a Stellar-Vue SV80 f/6 refractor with LOMO optics and Feathertouch focuser. For imaging, I fit it with a field flattener, which reduces the focal length from 480 mm to 384mm. The mount is a Sky-Watcher EQ-6, which I acquired used. The camera is a Celestron NexImage 5, whose sensor PERFECTLY fits the full moon on this telescope. I also use this mount and camera – with My SolarView 50mm H-alpha scope – for imaging the Sun (another perfect fit in terms of matching the imaging sensor to the telescope)

By Ron Brecher|2014-06-12T13:28:43-05:00March 22nd, 2014|Equipment|1 Comment

About the Author: Ron Brecher

Ron is an avid astrophotographer who hunts deep sky treasures with his camera and telescope. He shares the amazing cosmos with others through astrodoc.ca.

One Comment

Stephen Duffy March 15, 2018 at 10:06 pm - Reply

Hi Ron. Your article on removing star halos in Pixinsight is extremely clever. I would never have thought to use one image for the clone source, and a different image for the clone target. Thanks for sharing.

Steve