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Old 05-04-2018, 04:29 PM
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Update 5/4/18

Thanks to my ASV mate Clive We managed to better collimate the beast with his Tak microscope.

It needed a couple of tweaks to the secondary - and it's certainly an improvement!

This is a test on the Gem Cluster - around 3 hrs of 3nm Ha.

I played with the spacers I have and 5mm was bad, 6mm was pretty good (seen below) but maybe it needs 7mm?

Now we're also wondering if the Stellarvue SFFR-70APO flattener/reducer is right to use with the RC8?
It's designed to be used with the SV70T which is only 420 mm FL, the RC8 is 1625mm FL. - Hmmm...

Anyway - it's still not 100% but it's getting there!

There's also a generic starfield (60sec Lum) and a couple of images of Sirius in and out of focus either side - and also way out of focus to see the donut.
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