[Peter.M]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice subtle job mate, to me the diff spikes look awesome

Mike

Thanks Mike, I guess to me the spikes give the stars a definite sense of brightness I dont mind them either.

Originally Posted by MrB

Great stuff Peter!
Many thanks for posting your images too, it's given me an idea of what I should be expecting from my little 6" newt... I can see I need to work on my collimation, not getting half the detail you are :/

I am using my cats eye tools for collimation exclusively, I can get the perfect hotspot in main pupil and 2 circles in the offset. It is something that I couldn't get in my 8 inch newt ever ( I think because the focal point was very far away from the tube). When I designed this tube I made the focus as close to the tube as I could. I would love to do some collimation with the camera on the scope, but with a portable setup I would rather be imaging with that time.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Nice looking photo Peter.

Very sharp.

Ross.

Thanks Ross, I am finding that It is easy to get good sharp images with better data. The guiding on my images now continues to amaze me and all from a little finder guider.