Wow great image scale Paul and I love seeing things in full res with the equipment we have these days.. why not I say
, especially when the guiding is as good as this!
Well done with the mount, total satisfaction doing things yourself.
I pull my mount right down so every bit is sitting on the bench. I have done this twice in the past ten years. I've replaced all the tapered bearings, replaced the worm bearings with ceramic high precision ones.. when I bought it second hand I removed all the spur gears(yuk) replacing the motors and using timing belts, both stepper and servos. Without PEC I now get around 3.2 peak to peak error.. with PEC it is almost a straight line (too bad about my flexure
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For me living so far away from anywhere, plus most of us from a service centre (if any), it is mandatory to have self serviceable equipment..
certainly can't beat the satisfaction when it all comes together and is better than ever!
Yes those bright stars just outside the fov are a pain with reflections... I have battled similar with mute success. I guess you could mask and feather the area, adjust the colour balance back to some where around the general area. I'm sure you've tried this.
Still it takes nothing away from the image at all.
Nicely done!
Once again, congrats with the mount.
PS.. Am looking forward to your up and coming images from your new 12"RC and ccd setup.
Rich