Sleepy TelescopeNarrow-field deep-sky rig
Meade 8" ACF with the ASI2600MM Pro: my narrow-field rig for galaxies, clusters and small nebulae.
The narrow-field rig puts the same imaging train as the wide-field rig on the Meade 8" ACF.
- Telescope: Meade 8" ACF, 203 mm, about 2000 mm at f/10
- Camera: ASI2600MM Pro, cooled monochrome APS-C
- Filters: ZWO EFW 7 × 36 mm filter wheel with Antlia LRGB-V Pro and Antlia 3 nm Pro SHO
- Guiding: ZWO off-axis guider with a ZWO ASI290MM Mini
- Power and USB: Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen2
- Mount: NEQ6 Pro with the Rowan belt modification
With the ASI2600MM Pro the field is about 0.67° × 0.45° at 0.39″ per pixel.