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Old 24-05-2011, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Terry B View Post
When David Malin imaged with film on the 3.9m AAO he seemed to get very good resolution despite the seeing at Coona being average mostly. This is a big scope and much bigger than the so called "air cell size" that was purported to reduce the resolution through large scopes.
Maybe the low sensitivity of the film helped to minimise the blurring. Any thoughts?
The resolution wasn't great....sure better than amateur hacks at sea level.

...BUT.... the signal ! Aye carrumba!...was excellent.

OK you want proof Here it is
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