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Old 24-07-2018, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AstroJunk View Post
Here's my aperture mask!

My local seeing is truly rubbish most of the time and it kills definition across a large mirror surface. The aperture mask certainly helps sharpen up the image when those stars are twinkling and reduces glare of that scattered light. On the very odd occasion though, the seeing firms up and a 20" view of the planets is truly stunning



I like this! I've got a couple of large pieces of black foamcore that I'm hoping will do something similar.
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