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Old 02-07-2024, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese View Post
Nice capture of the outer arms of M83. I like the colour too. I remember reading about the outer arms a few years back now and wondering at the time if my GSO RC12 could capture it from my obs at Clayton Bay.

I do wonder what my 16" RCOS could capture at the altitude you are working from though.
Thanks Paul

I'm currently at an image scale of 0.84"/pix, I'm confident the seeing quality I consistently see, would suit 0.42"/pix on many nights. My current telescope actually suffers from some astigmatism, not a huge amount but enough to mean my MaximDL measurements indicating the majority of my subs are sitting at 1.4"- 1.8" across the year, are actually more like 1.2"- 1.6" were my scope aberration free. It's actually annoying me, so yes, very confident a scope like your 16" or a smaller pixel camera on my scope, would definitely excel at high resolution imaging at Eagleview, the extra sampling could handle some more decon as well.

Mike
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