@tonyw
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tonyw wrote:
@BillE
You've ALMOST made me drag out the 10" Newtonian and give it a clean up.
Mine is packed away for the summer, I am so far north it never gets dark at all this time of year.
I want to keep the mirror nice, the last one for some reason would never keep its coating and very soon after re-aluminising it would end up with holes in the surface. It still gave surprisingly good images though.
At least the newone is shiny and reflective. It is a bit shorter f/ratio too which meant I could make the whole thing smaller and more portable.
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But I always promised myself that I wouldn't get back into astronomy until I could finish figuring the 15" mirror.
Wow. And I thought my 10" scope was big enough. And you make your own mirrors too ? I built all my mountings but leave the mirror to the experts.
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What CCD cameras are recommended these days?
No idea but I can guarantee they will not work with the Amiga without a lot of hassle.
I did write a processing application once for an old Starlight Express camera, not that I owned one but took some pics in Portugal using one. The A1200 made a better job creating the images from the raw data than the original PC software did
![](https://www.amigans.net/uploads/smil3dbd4d6422f04.gif)
Sadly as it was written in HiSoft Basic it will not work on OS4
![](https://www.amigans.net/uploads/smil3dbd4d75edb5e.gif)
One day I may convert it to C with a MUI interface. Assuming that SX camera is still available, it was a while ago.
Bill.