Before taking this image, I thought that ( 35mm Full-size camera) will be a little severe to MT-160 with Reducer.
However, the result was good. Of course, when I watch the stars in 4 screen corners, star image is a little transformed.

If I say the ideal, APS-C size camera will be better, but as a appreciation picture, I can say ; ( MT-160 with F=4.8 reducer is good even if anyone use it with 35mm Full size camera.)

This reducer for MT-160 was released more than 30 years ago.(* at that time, there was only 35mm film camera. No- existence such APS-C size camera) ( except cameras like
PENTAX 6X7 camera).
When I think consider it, this combination ( MT-160 with F=4.8 reducer ) can be said as ( Good! ).

The feature of MT-160 ( including MT-130, MT-200 ) is the Telescope which can be used for 3 focal-length Telescopes( F=4.8 , 768mm/ F=6, 1000mm/ F-8, 1280mm ).
Each focal length ( F ) are for < Imaging, visual > . In other words, MT-160 can be used for all using.
For example, Epsilon 160 has more sharp star image, but ( normally) Epsilon can be used for imaging only. MT-160 is good for Planet ( viewing ).
When I think of it, this result was understood for me.

By the way , in this night ( when I took this image) , there was drop of 5 degree temperature from starting to end .
The tube of MT-160 is by iron. I have paid attention about the movement of the focus position.... However, I felt almost no movement of the focus position.

( Of course, in theory, there must be a little movement of the focus position during exposure.)

If the tube of MT-160 was made by aluminum, there must be bigger movement of the focus position. At that case, I had to check focusing under photography many times..

I think that Takahashi Telescopes including MT-series have all strong Focusers. STL-11000M camera has very heavy weight.( about 2.5kg ~ ). However, ( like Epsilon160) it was
perfectly no-problem.

When Takahashi released MT-160 ( in 1980's year) , there was only 35mm size camera which is light weight. Now when I use such heavy weight camera for
MT-160, I felt nothing bad with the focuser. < * for getting this image, I didn't use the focusing system like Takahashi MEF-3 .I tried by t normal focusing knob.>

Also, I have paid attention to the image of bright star ( the influence from pole method spider and the method of main mirror), but when I watch the bright star
image, it is beautiful . The pole spider has enough strength. Now, for Epsilon130D, 180ED, Takahashi is adopting vane type spider. However I think by pole type spider
, enough.< About this in the film age, we had to exposure ( sometimes) for 1hour against 1 shot. Now, we need not such long exposure time for each shots .It will be MAX; 15min.
>

As I look generally, I think that MT-160 has a nice performance for both visual and imaging use .
MT-160 is a nice reflector which can be used in any use for everyone.

I can recommend MT-160 for everyone. 13/Nov in 2018 koji matsumoto < 14/Nov ,image reprocessed>

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