Dear Ice In Spacers,
As the owner of one of Australia's leading astronomy products suppliers, and exclusive Australian distributor for the Officina Stellare RH200 telescope that is being considered in this thread - I usually stay well away from adding to threads on Ice In Space.
I regard it as unsuitable for suppliers to comment on this forum - though some -
particularly one - do it all the time.
Bert has done a leading job with getting this
"system" to where it is today.
The magic word here is -
"system".
John's comments from the US give the impression that this "
telescope" is a difficult unit to use, this is
not the case.
John knows this telescope unit quite capably - but he unfortunately does not have adequate detail about Bert's full system and what Bert has been doing with it over the last year, and his comments may be misconstrued by you the readers of I In S as criticism.
Without full knowledge and with inadequate data -
which Bert and I both have - as we have lived this on a day to day process together for the last year - and thereby know how far
"past the design of this system" he is running it, comments are quite unsuitable and misplaced.
Bert is running this system
"over" it's design parameters, and is achieving the
highest capability results with this system of anyone - globally.
Bert is trying to do something absolutely exceptional, system implementation that has never been actioned before, never attempted before, and never achieved before. With Bert's exceptional talents and capabilities he is achieving heady heights that are simply stated "
unique" - never achieved before, globally.
Bert's target strategy is not for us all, as most of us are happy to work within the design parameters & specifications of the systems we select.
Bert is not of this mould, and has custom selected a comprehensive set of products that provide -
each and every component - state of the art performance, of which his telescope is merely one component in a
"system". The balance of his system is the same - all state of the art gear.
As a specialist globally leading optical physicist that spent his career with CSIRO working on cutting edge global leading technology in optical physics, Bert is in a unique position to stretch the boundaries, and
"Go Where No Man Has Gone Before" - which is exactly what he is doing here. His talents are well above anyone that I know globally, and thereby his results reflect his unique capabilities.
The telescope he is using is
NOT difficult to tame, it is actually a very easy system to achieve exceptional results.
With this F3 system you need to
"vertically" assemble the imaging train, as this is
necessary. John's comments are correct for those that do not wish to follow this instruction - and
incorrectly assemble their system, and thereby achieve out of round star images. It's simple -
if you follow the manufacturer's instructions you achieve the results.
Every purchaser in Australia of this telescope receives instruction as to the correct simple vertically assembly process for the imaging train, and with them doing this - they
ALL achieve excellent results very quickly.
And thereby achieve the fastest imaging that is available - with imaging in 1/3 of the imaging duration of your typical f5 ultra premium quality advanced astroimaging system - simple as that
What John is saying may mislead some of you. John has one of these telescopes - but does
not have the same full system as Bert.
In my humble opinion - there is an element of stiff cheddar in John's comments, and this is not isolated to this thread, this has been a theme for some time. John is a very experienced and very capable astroimager, but his
"system" is not in the same class as Bert's, nor his capabilities with this particular telescope, thereby Bert's images are superior to John's using the same telescope - this is the crux of this issue.
Personally John, your comments are not welcomed on this forum by myself, you seem to be "on a mission" here, as your comments are giving the impression that you are trying to warn people away from this telescope ?
John - may I recommend that you issue a correction, as going around upsetting people, as you have achieved here - I suggest this is not your desired strategy. I suggest that the manufacturer will be less happy than I am when I provide this threads link to them.
Rgds,
Cris Ellis,
Astromelb,
Melbourne,
Australia.
