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Great to hear you’ve been able to fine tune it so nicely. I’m still fine tuning and finding it more challenging that I expected. I still have a circular artefact which I suspect could be due to the coma corrector rather than the tube itself - something you suggested a while back. Cosmetic correction during processing seems to deal with it ok, but it definitely needs eliminating. Carbon fiber has greatly reduced weight and stabilized focus due to less thermal contraction, however my guiding is actually worse than it used to be. Not sure why: could be the mount playing up, or it could be that my new guide camera on the OAG is more sensitive and is giving a more accurate reading? Who knows.
For the level of detail you get at 2 hours under dark skies, how long do you think it would take to get that sane level from Sydney? I’m asking as I’ve been toying with the idea of traveling to dark skies for a while now, but will need to fix my equipment issues first.
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