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Old 27-03-2010, 11:53 PM
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IC 2944 :a 10 second chook

This image is from the 24th when there was a first
quarter moon. Still playing with misalignment issues
with the QHY-8 and MPCC in the GSO focuser.
I have run a heap of results through CCDInspector and
they all seem to agree with some misalignment and
definitely bad collimation.
Collimation is good to the eye but that's not good enough for
fast Newts. Apparently the tolerance on-axis for my F5 is
less than 1 mm! Not good timing, so many unbelievable 2944s
posted lately

Steve
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