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Backfocus on the EdgeHD 8 using an OAG

Martin Schoenmaker 14,463 2 years ago
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This video provides a few possible solutions to the back focus puzzle that you encounter should you want to implement the Celestron OAG on an Celestron EdgeHD 8" telescope and a ZWO cooled astronomy camera. I will not cover how to setup your guide camera in the OAG. I'll leave that for another video. How I solved my puzzle can also be seen in this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WOGlIPLqMXeXe9_QrFEVS7uw50oHgikJkJxKwEVkrVg/edit?usp=sharing F7: OAG SCT adapter 25.3 OAG body 29 OAG male M48 12.5 ZWO filter drawer 21 ZWO spacer 11 Sensor depth. 6.5 Total 105.3mm (required 105mm) F10: Celestron T-adapter 50 OAG female M42 4.5 OAG body 29 OAG male M48 12.5 ZWO filter drawer 21 ZWO spacer 11 Sensor depth 6.5 Total 134.5mm (required 133.35mm) If I got away with the small discrepancies will have to be seen. No clear nights yet over here... In case you want to go with the nosepiece solution (the one I feared) than you'll need a 2" nosepiece which adds 1.7mm back focus distance and the Telescope Service SCT visual back which can be bought here (not affiliate): https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p240 The safer bet is to use the Celestron #93644 T-adapter: https://www.ganymedes.nl/product/celestron-t-adapter-voor-edge-hd-8-inch/ #asiairpro #asiairplus #zwo #optolong #ioptron #cem40 #celestron #edgehd #williamoptics #gt81 My links ———— TWITTER: https://twitter.com/mjschoenmaker INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/astrokoplamp/ TELESCOPIUS: https://telescopius.com/profile/schoenmaker ———— Music/Sound effects: Space - Saturn Dust - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzi6Z2nhslccB-0_Xd1X6sA "Subscribe Button" by MrNumber112 https://youtu.be/Fps5vWgKdl0 ———— Edited in #Shotcut https://www.shotcut.org/

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