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Old 17-05-2009, 02:09 AM
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Starlight Express SXV-AO

Has anybody had any experience with an adaptive optics unit like this one from Starlight Express?

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Old 17-05-2009, 08:12 AM
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I've used adaptive optics similar to the one offered by SX.. The big advantage of the SXV-AO unit is that it can be used on any camera provided you're using a SX guide camera like the Lodestar.. AO makes a really big difference when capturing images at long focal lengths where the seeing usually destroys the image.
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Thats what i was hoping for at longer focal lengths but do you know how much of a difference will the AO make at shorter focal lengths (say <1500mm) at all?

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I've only used it at 1750~2800mm myself, although I dare say it will make a positive difference in shorter focal length work... Although with shorter focal lengths, the affects of seeing don't usually make a great deal of difference to the final image... I think anything over 1000mm would benefit from AO, anything over 1500mm I think it starts to become worth its weight in gold.

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