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Originally Posted by AlexN
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.. My biggest problem was my adjustable guide scope rings... Its of my opinion that adjustable guide rings were designed by satan in an effort to make astro-photographers cry. I now have my guides scope bolted directly to a dovetail by its L bracket, and since doing so I've been able to achieve very good results... All that I have left to address now is focusing... Im just too lazy to stand up and adjust focus, so its time for a motorized option..  |
Hi Alex
During the course of my investigations, I did exactly that and hard bolted the guide scope to the side by side plate in favour of the WO guide rings, but that didn’t appear to fix my elongated star issues. So, I went back to the guide rings just for the flexibility of aligning the imaging and guide scope OTA’s optical axes in an attempt to minimize field rotation.
It would have been nice to have a permanent set up, to maintain continuity between trials and help consolidate any successful changes made to the system.
Cheers
Dennis