Thread: Spectroscopy
View Single Post
  #223  
Old 11-03-2009, 11:40 AM
theodog's Avatar
theodog (Jeff)
Every photon is sacred !

theodog is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Coonabarabran
Posts: 1,071
Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry B View Post
I have tried this as I have my SA on a filter wheel. It will make it easy to position a star on a knife edge etc as I can frame it with a clear filter first. I tried subtracting a clear image but it didn't work probably becuse of different focus with the SA and the clear filter.
Yes, I had to refocus and then readjust the frame size to get the stars to match. Also you can see I didn't place the camera back in exactly the same position after removing the SA.
It was a fiddly job.

How does the knife edge/SA distance affect the image?
Ah next investigation.
Reply With Quote