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Old 28-11-2010, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
Beautiful resolution! ...which is a bit of a curse as there is just a tad of 9-3:00 o'clock elongation which would be invisible in lesser
(ie stars more bloated) scopes.

...one heck of a nice mirror for sure.
Thanks Peter!
Yes, Royce's a fine optical perfectionist that's for sure. Over the years I've had this scope built, I have always been impressed with the fine resolving capabilities of this mirror.

The elongation I've noticed just recently even to short subs... Collimation is spot, I always use my Cats Eye Auto collimator and check before a sesh. So I fear due to some things I have had done recently, (don't ask) the adjustable face plate on the camera is the culprit being a nits nacker out to the chip face.... again! Just needs a tweak.
So if and when the night sky improves, it's the nest little job I need to do.

Yes, always something!

All the best
Rich
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