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Old 04-04-2010, 01:28 AM
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Nice reduction in coma Mick.

I have the same WO ZS70 scope, and have finally gotten outdoors to try my new Televue Focal Reducer.

I've attached a couple of 30sec shots of random star fields. (Was outside playing tonight with drift alignment and guiding - really just fiddling while I wait for my new mount)

The first shot is without any reducer and the second is with. Due to the clouds, they are not of the same star field. Nonetheless, there is a vast improvement in coma with the reducer - I'm keen to try this with some longer images in due course.

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David T
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