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Equipment Equatorial Mount
Multiscope Setup •3 replies•123 views
Michael Taube avatar
Michael Taube avatar
Hello!

I you are interested in a dual rig, when two or more telescopes are placed on a single mount for imaging, please share your thoughts with us.

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David Redwine avatar
David Redwine avatar
Michael, thanks for starting this group.

Here's my multi scope set-up.
https://www.astrobin.com/yd5gn8/?nc=user

My latest 2-fer:
Main Scope on M110:
https://www.astrobin.com/s9su31/?nc=user

Wide-field captures Andromeda:
https://www.astrobin.com/1jbswc/?nc=user

Dithering for the simultaneous capture  was managed by two instances of APT running,  The exposures and delays were equal.  Multi-camera sync was run in tight mode with the long FL scope (the 8" Edge) being the dithering server. PhD2 was controlling the actual dithering in server mode.

CS
Robert Eder avatar
Robert Eder avatar
Hi,
this is my dual rig with two little baby newtonians:


I also use APT with PHD2 to synchronize and dither the two cameras. It works like a charm.

Usually I have OSC(DSLR) on one scope and dual band on the other one. And especially in the short summer nights I can double the exposure time.😃

CS, Robert
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