From John himself on the SBIG Yahoo group discussing
this image:
Quote:
I am not sure what is causing the elongation in the stars. It could
be 1. an overly aggressive setting in Maxim, 2. collimation error, 3.
my camera to focuser connection not being square. 4. I also have the
very first pre-production model of this scope and it is possible that
the primary is not aligned perfectly. I should be receiving my new
AT10RC any day now. Sky and Telescope has tested the scope and will
be doing a story on the scope as a Sky and Telescope Hot Product for
2010. Perhaps I will not have this problem with the new scope. I will
let you know.
John O'Neill
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