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Old 07-02-2010, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Way better! Yeah given your exposure time this is a squaring issue. Your CCD plane is tilted. Should be very easy to fix.
I think it is actually the drawtube. The cheap GSO ring clamp pushes the
2" barrel off axis a bit.
Just by eye it looks at least 0.2mm, more like even a whole millimetre.
The qhy-forum post I mentioned below says this is unacceptable for
a fast optics Newt like this. This might be a great part of the problem
right there.

Also, Marc, how exactly do you do a RGGB debayer. Are the settings
correct that I have entered here in the manual text box in Neb?

This is what I get when I select CIM debayer and 7.8 sq pixels 1x1:

Steve
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Last edited by kinetic; 07-02-2010 at 11:54 AM.
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