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Old 13-02-2005, 08:58 PM
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Thanks guys, and yep Rod, next time I'm sure it won't take us so long to align the beast

Also next time we do some imaging, i'll be making sure focus is spot on (take my hartman mask and focus on a star first), and i'll be looking to increase the scale by using the 2x barlow.. We couldn't use the barlow this time because the GOTO wasn't aligned well and so Saturn wasn't in the FOV of the ToUcam.

I also don't think the conditions were suitable for a 5000mm focal length scale - visually with the 2x barlow it looked soft and blurry so I don't think it would've held up well with the ToUcam either.

Looking forward to trying it again! It's so easy with goto + tracking it makes me not want to get out with the dob again
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