Hi all here is my first photo using the Vixen. Astronomy 101 tells us to first use the Moon as a photo subject, so here it is. Photo taken using my vixen vmc200l 8 inch and my sony cybershot mounted to a 40mm lens.

The skies here were very clear today and the temp made the mid 40+. I set up around 3 pm. Using a rough alignment I sent the scope to the Moon. By 4:15pm it had cleared the top of our house and I was able to see the Moon in the 8x50 finder scope not bad for just using a compass. Hope you enjoy.Clear skies to all. Paul

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Thats nice.

Good first subject, I look forward to seeing more photos taken with the vmc200. It and it's bigger brother, were on my short list, a few years ago, when I was looking for a new planetary scope. They look like good options for planetary neb imaging too.

If you have taken any shots of star fields using an APS-C or larger sensor, do you see any star deformation at the frame corners?

Robert

hi Paul,

decent shot! congrats on the Fl and now have fun with your new toy (-:

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A good dstart with your new scope Paul. Can't wait to see more.

Kind regards
Matt

Hi Paul, Great first light photo with the moon, Nice shades and pretty sharp. Congrats looking forward to see more with your new sct. Clear Skies

Looks to have a flat field. Focus seems the same across the image. Looks like it should be a fun scope.

Rick