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Old 10-04-2006, 11:54 AM
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Muddy Diver
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My best Saturn yet

I know I still have a way to go but I was very pleased with my effort last night. I discovered that the seeing was not as bad as I had thought and have posted in some other threads and that the reason for my poor seeing was collimation! It was way out, I cant think what has happened to move it so much as my little Mak hardly moves but when I looked up the jetstream conditions yesterday and saw it has improved greatly, then I still got c..p images through my scope, I realised something else was wrong. Perhaps I should practise collimation more as more I do the easier it gets (and i get better results each time too). Thing is its so difficult on my scope as the back has to be removed to gain access to the adjustment screws then replaced to view the result each time.

Anyway, thought I would rejoice a bit and post the result below.
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