whzzz28
12-05-2012, 07:11 PM
I've been under the assumption that my star shape problems were related to my Camera (i self-modded it, thought i stuffed it up), but tonight i borrowed a Canon 7d and the problem is still occurring.
After some more research, the only possible cause i can find is astigmatism.
I was under the belief that refractors did not suffer from astigmatism, at least unless they are not collimated.
This also only seems to affect one side of my image, the right. The left hand side and center of the image are great with nice sharp stars.
I also run a field flattener (Hotech) and this was occurring before the flattener was put in.
Is this astigmatism, or something else?
http://core-au.net/astro/ast.png
If it is astigmatism, can it be corrected?
My wide field shots have to be cropped with a good portion of the right side gone as it is blurry or has elongated stars.
I am concerned that my purchased new scope was in fact a return and the previous owner pulled the scope apart (lenses out) as when i received it,it had a significant amount of dust on the inside of the main lens. It is still there, and short of removing the lens i dont think i can get rid of it.
Might be worth shooting an email to Bintel, although i have had the scope for 5~ months now.
-edit-
Should mention the scope eh;
Meade 5000 ED80 (APO triplet)
Cheers.
After some more research, the only possible cause i can find is astigmatism.
I was under the belief that refractors did not suffer from astigmatism, at least unless they are not collimated.
This also only seems to affect one side of my image, the right. The left hand side and center of the image are great with nice sharp stars.
I also run a field flattener (Hotech) and this was occurring before the flattener was put in.
Is this astigmatism, or something else?
http://core-au.net/astro/ast.png
If it is astigmatism, can it be corrected?
My wide field shots have to be cropped with a good portion of the right side gone as it is blurry or has elongated stars.
I am concerned that my purchased new scope was in fact a return and the previous owner pulled the scope apart (lenses out) as when i received it,it had a significant amount of dust on the inside of the main lens. It is still there, and short of removing the lens i dont think i can get rid of it.
Might be worth shooting an email to Bintel, although i have had the scope for 5~ months now.
-edit-
Should mention the scope eh;
Meade 5000 ED80 (APO triplet)
Cheers.