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Originally Posted by AlexN
Awesome images Marc, The optics in that little newt of yours are really holding up to the magnification well.. I've got to say the high res M8 looks incredibly detailed... Would love to see it with the addition of another few hours exposure!
It does however look like there is some field curvature in there...
Still waiting to see you put that C11 to use mate! Get into it!!
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Thanks Alex.
Well all this stuffing around with the newt at high magnification taught me a lot about tightening up guiding and other things so by the time I put the C11 on the mount I'll be ready to go. That was the plan anyway.
Yes there is field curvature (and coma). Why do you think I heavily cropped the field?
I think the barlow cell distance from the CCD plane and MPCC needs tweaking. I reckon the cell is too far from the camera plane. So I'm actually magnifying more than 2x. I'm pretty close to 2m FL at the moment. I have finally received my custom made "telescopic" adapter so I can test different distances for my MPCC. I posted a pic to this reply so you can check it out.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
All three are great shots Marc! Very nice! M8 is my favourite though. Wish I had Wiruna skies over my obs!! 
Understand why you shot multiple targets, but go for a single target next time - the extra data will pay big dividends.
Cheers, Marcus |
Thanks Marcus.
Yeah that night was more meant at shooting as many as possible to compare. Not serious imaging. I posted coz some still turned out ok.
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Originally Posted by bokglob
very professional mark. high quality images.love your work! |
Professional?
I'm still a noob with a QHY8 mate. Glad you like them though