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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
Nah, there just sunspots starting to form, we are moving towards a solar maximum again remember 
Gotta luv dat arctic butterfly 
Yep I'd say the focus is a tad soft as well. It's not easy focusing the PST with the laptop. All that damn sunlight makes it so challenging. I tried to do it under a shade hood but I need to see the image and focus at the same time to get close and my arms aren't long enough. I even bought an Orion motorized focuser for mine, but I'm yet to work out how to mount it  |
Yeah, focusing the PST is a challenge alright. I was about the best set up that I've managed today. I had the lappy in the light control hutch and the shade hood over the lot with the focuser in easy reach, the scope on the CG5 so it was tracking... still didn't nail the focus
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But the main aim of the exercise was to prove I could get focus. While I couldn't without the barlow lens, I had plenty of adjustment both sides of focus with the lens, so it's just lack of skill/perseverance on my part. I'll have to bust those dust bunnies though!
Al.