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Originally Posted by allan gould
Another excellent image Greg. You certainly have mastered all aspects of your scope and it shows.
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Thank Allan.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Little soft. Bad seeing really shows. Nice field colours though considering.  |
Ooh you're being a bit tough there? See this crop:
http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...35953517/large
There's a lot of detail in there not normally seen. Can it be sharper? Not with this data as I have maxed it but at another location under better conditions I think so. But its still pretty detailed. You may be used to widerfield images that look sharp but don't show that level of detail.
Having said that if this poor seeing is regular an AO may become quite important as the only road to improving sharpness. Also the reducer which I should receive at any time will help.
It certainly is true that the longer focal length is going to show the seeing a lot more and aperture isn't going to help there.
Hence 4-6 inch aperture being the most popular imaging platform. Its a good compromise between detail and seeing.
Greg.