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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Allan, regardless of the 32" aperture and supreme quality of their scope, a FWHM of 1.5" seems, so far at least, to be my kinda semi regular practical standard for a good night at Eagleview  so, unless I get some lucky nights, as time goes on, I don't think I will get the regular 0.8" that Chart32 enjoys...but I am more than happy, the 1.6" range is pretty regular up here, so I'll take that  ...my site is slightly darker than Cerro Tololo though, so that's a little win  
Mike |
Hi Mike,
with the El Niņo in Australia starting to happen soon it will
give you even better seeing conditions.
As you have the highest observatory in Australia you
might get better than 1 arc second seeing.
Chart32 also has adaptive optics and is a multi million dollar scope.
You would have to go an order of magnitude greater in expense
to take better pics - maybe an RC with adaptive optics?
It's not worth it as sooner or later you'll get 1 arc second seeing
which might continue on good nights for years.
Anyway - you've got to be happy with what you've got now -
the results are amazing.
cheers
Allan