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Old 21-03-2008, 07:57 PM
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Hi Steve,

Yep the guiding and Drift Alignment was ok, I think the mirror on the LX200R must have moved after doing the focus. Or I never had it focused correctly at the start. I am going to do a mod to the LX200R to improve the focus, however I think I was at fault by not checking it closely on the night.

Setup is:
Main scope is LX200R with 20D Canon DSLR at prime focus.
Guide scope was SkyWatcher ED80 with meade DSI for quide CCD.
Exposure was 8 x 240 Seconds

Just a pitty we where out of focus, try again another night I guess, I was supprised by the blue and orange stars in this cluster.

Se Ya
Chris
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