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Originally Posted by Bassnut
Ultra wide field is evil, the work of the devil. Those that fiddle in ultra WW territory will suffer, and rightly so, astronomy is all about zooming in  . |
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Forgive me Fred, I know I have sinned, and strayed from the righteous and narrow field path.
But at F3.8 I have had no flexure, diffraction or attenuation.
Images have remained pure and self guided ahead of deep H-alpha filter-darkness.
And there have been twilight apparitions...stars with the hair of the Angels!
But I was not swayed by those red demonds!
With Christen purity and being guided by Saint Barbara.
I feel I will one day return to (the) flocking, within the straight and narrow fields.  |
Peter is a little lost lamb - let us pray for his return to the flock. Forget about Bert - too far gone - his scope even looks like the spawn of the devil
Oh Fred, who art in Sydney somewhere
Hallowed be thy focal length
Thy zooming be done
In Peter's observatory as it is in yours.
Give us this night our evening closeup
And forgive Peter his tresspasses
As we forgive those who do widefields and then scale them down
Lead us not into widefield, but deliver us from tiny galaxies
For thine is the focal length, the planetaries and the bok globules
Up closer & closer
Amen
PS: Sorry Martin!