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Old 06-07-2010, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Octane View Post
Bren,

Are you using a Bahtinov Mask to reach focus? Are you focusing on a blue star? I had this problem on blue stars. I found if I focused on a yellow star, focus was still acceptable, but, it almost completely got rid of the halos.

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Hi H,

The stars are from M8 lagoon nebula. I actually focused on Antares, nice red bright star nearby. I didn't use a mask, just live view (magnified 10X)
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