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16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph - first light image from client. |
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The image to the right was taken by Karel
Teuwen from Belgium using a luminance filter and his recently
received 16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph. His telescope has all cellular mirrors
from Dream
Cellular, LLC and the telescope uses the custom
4" coma corrector. The CCD used
was a 16803 chip: 9 microns square, 4096 x 4096 (37mm x 37mm,
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NGC6946 is the spiral galaxy at the center of the field and is
approximately 10 million Light Years (LY) away. NGC6939 is the
open cluster near the lower left of this field and is approximately
5800 LY away. |
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This telescope was shipped from Dream to Belgium, then driven
by Karel to his remote observatory 1000 km away. Total distance
traveled before first light was over 7000 kilometers (over 4350
miles). |
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Click
on the image to see a high resolution
version showing perfectly round stars across this entire, wide
field. |
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"Hi
Shane,
It took some time to get the setup working in Southern-France,
but now I'm proud to announce the first light image of my Dream
Astrograph. I only had two nights to make a first pointing model
for the mount and I encountered unexpected problems with software
and connections. Finally I was able to make unguided frames of
5 minutes. I will make a more extensive model in the near future
so that probably exposures of 20 minutes will be no problem,
I hope.
The only thing that gave me NO worries or headaches was the Dream
Astrograph. This light bucket worked perfectly the very first
time. Collimation was, after shipment to Belgium and transporting
it more than 1000 km by car, almost perfect!! Also focus could
stay at the same position for the whole night, very comfortably!!
This scope is giving me more than I ever could expect from a
telescope and I'm very confident that the collimation will be
very stable for a long time, which is a necessity for imaging
remotely! Stars are perfectly round all over the field and in
combination with the corrector and the ML16803 there is almost
no vignetting, WHAT A REVELATION!!!!
Shane, a special thanks to you for creating this innovative product
for me. I now understand that perfectionism and short delivery
date cannot go together!" |
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- Karel Teuwen, June 6th, 2010,
after first light. |
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"Seeing this Astrograph
with my own eyes and caressing it feels great!! Shane this really
is a piece of art and I will take very good care of your 'Creation'." |
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- Karel Teuwen, May 17th, 2010,
after receiving the telescope in Belgium. |
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Click on the North America Nebula
thumbnail image to the left to see a second image Karel took
with his new Dream Astrograph telescope just a few days after
first light. This image is less than one hour of exposure time.
Buy The Best. Only
Cry Once. |
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