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Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Never seen the moon in Ha before

looking very promising there, have you made many mods to the newt?

Rusty

Thanks Rusty. You can pretty much image anything bright in Ha. No mods at this stage, no, but tightening up a lot of things. Everything is lose out of the box. At the machine shop right now to fix secondary holder. Optics aren't half bad but mechanically it leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't hold collimation well.

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks like it will be capable of great resolution when you get it singing, Marc!

Thanks Rick. Yes I hope so.

Originally Posted by Rod771

I like the Eagle Marc , very nice

Others are very good too

Thanks Rod. The eagle was taken last week and the seeing was reasonable and it shows. Problem is that the scope wasn't properly collimated. The lagoon was taken Tuesday night and the seeing was very bad. That's why it's so soft and blurry. The scope was collimated though. Can't win.

Originally Posted by RobF

I've got a suspicion you're going to make a lot of people reconsider the capabilities of these imaging Newts as you get it singing Marc. They're already top shots, especially the Eagle - love it! (how many mins/hours on M16?)

Thanks Rob. 10x10min. I got it second hand. They're advertised ranging from $700.00 up to $1.2k on various sites. TBH I wouldn't spend more than what I paid for it. Certainly not over $1k with the way it's built. It needs a lot of work. But all things considered after fixing it you'd still be in front compared to splashing $$$ on a better system. The mirror seems good and I think you'd get pretty good performance out of it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great shots Marc.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.

Originally Posted by jase

Noice, few more tweaks Marc and the scope will indeed be hitting the high notes. Looking forward to seeing the improved results.

Thanks Jase. So do I.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Marc

Thanks Larry.