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I'm down at my dark site and I received the final adapter Thurs
Time to try it out
Got it all set up
Start to focus uhooh pretty large out of focus star donuts
I suddenly lose confidence .If it doesnt come to focus it means another $500 adapter
I worked out the spacing several times before I ordered the $500 Precise Parts adapter.
I see the Atlas has most of the travel available
Move move move I think is going to make it
Then it seems not phew gone past focus so backup and bang perfect focus with 2.5mm to spareno .- no sweat!
Checked it out last night with proline
Perfect round stars to 4 corners and very tight looking
I take an image and now I am getting excited with the potential of this scope. The image looks like a 12 inch APO refractor
I also put another dovetail on the top of the rings to stiffen up the mounting. Round stars in the images
I set it up to do a run excited by the quality of the first subs and I get up at 3 to do flip and the scope is dewed over
No worries I expected that as I removed the dew shield because it was windy.I dont have dew heaters yet
But the autoguider disconnected after I walked out of the observatory grrrr so I've changed the usb cable
I also extended the observatory walls to make a wind break and am hoping for better productivity tonight!
This scope is looking mighty fine
Greg
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