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user-inactivated · 2791 days ago · link ·
Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope on a tracking mount with a Chinese made ASI camera, and a focal reducer giving the equivalent of a 2000mm focal length. With this telescope you do a two star alignment to get the motors and the tracking to work, then the telescope (mostly) tracks the object you are looking at.
I've been dialing in this telescope to make it obey me and this is about as good as it can get. You take out the focal reducer and add in a barlow to increase the magnification and you can really see where the tracking is not perfectly ideal. But for what I do and for the fun of learning it is adequate.