Astrofest M16

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

Nice shot pete don't be tempted to get rid of sn10 I have always regretted selling mine and would love another one
AL

Thanks Al. I'll let you know if I ever plan to sell it.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Mate . Sorry, hijacking your post was not my intention.

Perhaps I'm cranky with Abbott sniping in the background.

That's a good M16. To be really picky the stars are a tad bloated and slightly elongated.

Lord knows, you can't always blame the optics for such quibbles,

Looks good and is headed in the right direction as far as I can tell

Thanks for the feedback Peter. Hopefully my stars are an improvement on previous years.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Nice work Peter, both star and nebula colours look great

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Dispite the characteristic Maciavellian input from Peter Dutton , spending time collimating, adjusting mirror holders or secondary spacings, improving tube stiffness, having new secondary baffles designed and made, flocking inside of tubes or yes... eeeven fiddly shimming of focuser orthogonality etc......it is all tinkering. So don't feel alone that your low cost rig has needed some time on it, because there are many $100k+ rigs that have needed some too, so good on you for sticking with it and trying

Mike