[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Seeing is king. Images look promising but it is a bit hard to tell at this stage the performance of the mirror.

Hi Paul, the performance of this mirror is not in question. This optical train is of the highest possible quality. I suppose I could have waited for good seeing but then my imaging is driven by what I can contribute to planetary science rather than the esthetic's of the result so I am often imaging when others are not. When I do get good seeing this system will deliver top shelf results.

Originally Posted by Lester

I can feel the excitement Trevor, and hope you get some good seeing soon. The detail you have resolved IMO is Very good for 5/10 conditions. Looking forward to more from FRED.

Thanks very much Lester, yep, my excitement meter is running high for sure. Even in this poor level of seeing I have noticed differences with my capture setup. For both Sat & Jup all channels were saturated. This mirror is delivering a brighter & I think slightly more contrasty image so I had to reduce the gain to get the histo back to the normal level that I use for each channel.

Originally Posted by DavidU

A bit of good seeing should give awesome images with the new optics.

Thanks David, I am sooooo..... hanging out for some good seeing.

Originally Posted by Satchmo

Yes we will have to wait for Trevor's results in good seeing for anyone to know if the mirror is any good or not

( That bit of tounge in cheek could be misconstrued ....so suffice to say that the sensitivity of my bench tests reveals detail way smaller than can ever be seen in a real world star test hence at least one person already knows how good the mirror actually is )

Well said Mark, both Bird and obviously I concur regarding the quality of your work.