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Old 27-01-2011, 01:29 PM
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Focus Help

Gday all,

Over the last 2 weeks, making the most of the clear skys I have been practising imaging with my 6' scope and webcam from morgans last year.

One common thing I have found is the inability to get good focus expecially on saturn. In every instance the scope has stabilized to the outside temperature and i have adjusted the focus as fine as I can but still cant get focus. I believe the collimation is ok however I do need to check this. Apart from that any ideas?
Equipment is Saxon 6" newt on Eq3, SPC880 flashed to SPC900NC with a celestron 2x barlow

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