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Originally Posted by AstroJason
Great first light images Erik, is your scope one of the GSO RCs?
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Yeah it a GSO scope. Really happy with it so far
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Originally Posted by RickS
Great stuff! Looks like it's all working well now, Erik.
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Thanks Rick, slowly getting there, and working things out!
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Originally Posted by whzzz28
Yeah, wasted the new moon weekend  |
I know how you feel.....Thanks!
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Yes it is quite soft. Either your collimation is off, focus was not sharp or seeing was bad. Or a combo of the above. There is slight elongation of your stars but not too much so tracking wasn't too bad.
RCs are sensitive to the spacing between primary and secondary mirrors.
I don't know if that is relevant in your case but if other things fail it may be worthwhile to check the spacing.
What was the camera?If its KAF8300 chip you can expect it to produce soft images at that focal length.
Greg.
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Using a QHY 10, Greg. I noticed the stars are a bit oval, had a few hick-ups towards the end, but not too bad. Want to try break the 20min sub barrier...
Thanks for the positive feedback
Erik