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Originally Posted by topheart
Looks very promising indeed!
What FWHM's are you getting with the AOX compared with previously without it??
Cheers,
Tim
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Typical FWHM's were around the 2.2" mark in CCD inspector. It seems the AO has dropped that to around 1.9". Though I doubt I have my settings perfect in CCD Inspector. With faster guide rates to around 5hz or greater I would imagine the difference would drop dramatically. Finding really bright stars is now a priority.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
That is interesting Paul. I am definitely interested in an AO unit.
Greg.
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Part of the reason I went with SBIG and the STXL series to begin with was the AOX and its integration into the camera. I am hoping it will be worth the patience and time invested to produce very sharp images.
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Originally Posted by RickS
Very cool, Paul. The jets are well defined also.
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Yes I noted that the jets were easily seen. Fingers crossed for some really good seeing in the coming weeks.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Hi, Paul. Your AO has resolved the 5 o'clock star of the bright pair as a double. I've only ever managed to elongate it.
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Mike, that actually put a smile on my face when I saw it. I was amazed that guiding at 1.8hz would have such an impact.
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Originally Posted by Harel_Boren
Sheer delight. I have my own theory about brights and will imaged objects. I think many of us get to these objects early on in our imaging career, hence most of the images of these beautiful bright objects are of beginning astro photographers. I believe each of them well deserves revisits by far more advanced imagers to show their true sheer beauty in depth. Yours is a very very good example :-)
Cheers,
Harel
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Thanks Harel. I quite agree that the glossies often get overlooked once an imager attains a certain level of skill. We start looking for harder and harder objects to image. I have a pretty long list of objects I want to image in the next 5 years now, but whilst waiting for the next hard object to image I thought I would see if I can do this justice. Time will tell.