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Old 19-06-2007, 01:51 PM
jase (Jason)
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Excellent start Benny. Nice mount you have there (though I'm bias)

As Marcus mentioned, you'll need to work out the colour balance for your imaging set up. The KAI-11000 chip peaks in the green wavelength so you'll need to compensate for this. Also, I think you could stretch your data more to bring out fainter detail.

I find it interesting that out of the three telescopes you have, you selected the 10" LX200 classic that is going to have inherent field curvature even with the focal reducer. Perhaps try the LX200R or TSA-102 with the STL. There are not many telescopes on the market that will fully illuminate the 35mm chip and provide pinpoint stars.
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