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Originally Posted by xelasnave
If you think Polar is out work on it until it is not.. everything turns on having it better than perfect.
I must be honest and tell you that your focus is out...you have dounuts and that tells you that your focus needs improvement.
You need a focuser mask I expect...this sort of thing
https://www.bintel.com.au/product/fa...ahtinov-masks/
Work on those two aspects and know this everyone starts with poor polar alignment and dounuts.
Blow your images up and examine them critically and accept nothing less than perfection and then some.
Thanks for posting and please keep sharing your progress and one day you will be as good as I would like to be.
Alex |
Thanks Alex! Appreciate it.
Yeah - I thought my focus was off as well.
I will keep practicing my alignment process (choosing the correct stars, running the 2-SA > PA > 2-SA cycle, etc) and work on my focusing skills.
I'm going to attempt a couple more tries at focusing without a bahtinov mask but if it proves too tricky I'll definitely invest in one.
Will keep sharing my progress. I know this a hobby of patience, persistence and resilience, though, so will take my time with it.