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Old 19-08-2015, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DJT View Post
Hi Paul

Thanks for sharing your findings on that. Are you aware if GSO are going to come up with an effective flattener in the future?

I found with the RC8 that when I used a TS flattener, again refractor touted for RC's, I got a really bad hot spot in the centre that covered a good third of the sub. It did a good job of flattening the field and I am assuming I could handle it through flat fielding but it was really obtrusive so I removed it from the imaging train pretty much staright away. Did you encounter a similar issue with the larger one in your testing?

As I understand it, GSO are planning on doing a flattener soon, one dedicated for their scopes. Currently GSO are moving premises and that has delayed operations for now, though plenty of stock is available I am told. I am hoping this can be made in the next year as other dedicated flatteners are very expensive.

I had not noticed a hot spot but I was not specifically looking either.
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