Yep, even after all these years it never gets old.

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📸ZWO 2600MM Pro
🏔️ZWO AM5
🔴Antlia 3nm HSORGB
🕐140 hours
💡Bortle 9
💻PixInsight

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Looks great Paul.

Yeah not sure about lens scratches just yet. My dew shield was half full of water which was covering the objective. I poured it out and wiped it off with the first towel I could find, in a panic. Hopefully it’s good - will check tomorrow.

They are currently sitting naked atop the mounts in the parked position, stuffed to the brim with desiccant packs (thank you Amazon same day delivery), in a warm and dry and sunlit room.

I’ll let things bake for a couple more days, but I think the twins managed to survive the thunderstorm.

fin

All cameras, AAP’s and mounts have since dried out and appear to be working properly.

Both scopes have some moisture behind the objective lens that seems to be abating.

pt 2

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Yeah! Awesome to see Ollie here!

Paul, what semi-permanent mount would you recommend for a RASA8 and Edge HD 9.25? Something beefy and heavy is fine. A few years down the road I’ll be close to getting both rigs. I’ll be putting them on a wheeled tripod base and rolling them out onto a concrete pad to shoot, not on a permeant pier.

Gorgeous work Paul!

Awesome pics! I’m so envious - I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights. One day!