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Originally Posted by wayne anderson
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I noticed my zero shift focuser was not centered and angled properly causing the camera to be tilted and giving egg shaped stars so i laser aligned the focuser and gained good results.
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Hi Wayne, great effort on the glob!
Nicely resolved and I can't help but be drawn to looking at the core, which is what naturally happens under the night sky.
I was wondering if you could please elaborate a bit more on how you detected the focuser not being centered/angled correctly and the steps you used to correct it? I too have a Meade (mine's an 8" LX200 ACF, with zero shift focuser) and I also get eggy stars occasionally. I'd like to assess my focuser but I'm not sure where to start?
Cheers, Evan