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Old 11-12-2017, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by glend View Post
There is no reason you should not be able to use Sharpcap PA with your refractor. I used it with my TS115 f7 APO, which is 636mm fl with the reducer. It worked perfectly.
Really? That'd be great! (Of course I can't go out into the back yard to try it yet - the OAG is still yet to arrive from Bintel, so it's still in bits on the study floor).

I do have a couple of different observing sites, the LMDSS in Victoria as well as my back yard, and I've been up to Wyperfeld a few times (the dark skies there blow the LMDSS away), although power is a problem.

My refractor is a 107mm flattened to a focal length of 560mm, so slightly wider than yours. In a new location, do you find it hard to get it roughly aligned close enough for SharpCap to take over?

(I guess there's only one way of finding out...)

Thanks for that!

Bill
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