Aperture FeverPosted By John Miele |
I had a 16" dob that just "grew" too big for me to haul around. I was considering downsizing to a Nexstar C11. So one night I made an aperture mask for my 16" to create an 11" out of it and compared lots of DSO's from my backyard. I was surprised at how similar the views were. The biggest difference seemed to be on the globs. There were noticably more stars resolved in the 16". But it was harder to see much difference in galaxies or nebulae. So I went ahead and bought the C11. I made the right move. I enjoy the new scope immensely. So for me, it was the right way to go.
. I have yet to try it Saturn, but plan to do so soon. I use K3CCDtools to control the camera. Are there any particular settings you would recommend for the toucam? Do you use 5 fps or 10fps, or something else? I'm sure I'll "trial and error" my way to something that works, but I always like to see what other imagers are doing. Thanks.
