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Yes we were pretty fanatical about focus each session began with focusing in BYEOS and confirmed by a bahtinov mask. Perhaps it is more critical to guide in that area being closer to the pole?? I just setup last night with a very bright moon to improve my PA and tried the drift align routine in PHD2. Seems to have sorted it mostly although I dont have any lowish views to either the East or West due to tall trees, so declination is set using a supposedly accurate digital incidence gauge (not an iPhone app).
Anyhow to get back on topic, after the alignment I took 50x1 minute subs if the Tarantula area and I was not at all pleased with the results as seen below: Heavily cropped to get rid of the worst of the field aberrations (without my flattener / reducer). This was my Megrez 90 from Blue Mountains. What are your thoughts for astrophotography in this region?
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