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Originally Posted by Andy01
Looks great, dunno how you managed to dial in the RC8 so well, but it's an awesome result you have there!  |
Thanks Andy. The RC8 holds its collimation surprisingly well. I think it's 2-3 years since I last collimated, and it's been on numerous trips to dark sky sites in that time.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Very nicely done Paul!
Just need to blend in a few hours of RGB and you'd be golden!  |
Thanks Marcus. I might give that a go. Last time I tried that, the RGB stars were not much better than the HOO ones. But for completeness I should try!
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Originally Posted by miki63au
Great pic Paul!
I agree with Andy, the collimation of your RC is great. I just got a Tak collimating scope for my GSO RC6 ... had some progress, but need more time.
Q: I use Baader filters... plan to upgrade. Are you happy with Chroma? Compare to Astrodon? Where did you get it from?
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Good luck with your collimation Mik. I used a Glatter laser to do mine. There is no centre spot on the secondary as mine is older - that doesn't help! The "
hall of mirrors" trick to align the primary and secondary is useful too.
Re the filters, I'd heard some grumblings about Astrodons since they got taken over. But only good things re Chroma. They seem fine. Not too sure if they'll be a huge upgrade from Baader, but certainly they are from ZWO. I just got them from OPT. I thought I had some halo issue due to them at first (see this
thread) but it turned out to be my camera I think.