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16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph - first light image from customer |
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The image to the right was taken from
Belgium using a luminance filter and, at the time, the customer's
recently received 16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph. The instrument uses Dream's zeroDELTA™ lightweight
mirrors and a custom 4" coma corrector. The
CCD used was a 16803: 9µm pixels, 4096 x 4096 (37mm x 37mm,
52mm diagonal). |
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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 instrument was shipped from Dream to Belgium, then driven
1000 km to the remote observatory. 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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- Dream customer, 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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- Dream customer, May 17th, 2010,
after receiving the instrument in Belgium |
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Click on the North America Nebula
thumbnail image to the left to see a second image the customer
took with the Dream
Astrograph 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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