An apology, just in case.

[mill (Martin)]

Hi everybody.
I have to make an apology to everyone in the deep space photography section.
Sometimes i may have said that someones guiding was off or that stars are elongated in pictures.
I have just found out by looking and throwing away many good pictures of my own collection, that i have astigmatism in my eyes
I found this out tonight when i threw out a lot of good pictures and then putting on my reading glasses and NOT throwing any more out.
Without reading glasses all the stars look very elongated and as soon as i put my glasses on, they are round
So my apologies to everyone i have offended

[Jen]

Originally Posted by mill

Hi everybody.
I have to make an apology to everyone in the deep space photography section.
Sometimes i may have said that someones guiding was off or that stars are elongated in pictures.
I have just found out by looking and throwing away many good pictures of my own collection, that i have astigmatism in my eyes
I found this out tonight when i threw out a lot of good pictures and then putting on my reading glasses and NOT throwing any more out.
Without reading glasses all the stars look very elongated and as soon as i put my glasses on, they are round
So my apologies to everyone i have offended

Aww your forgiven Martin so does that mean my Omega Centauri pic is awsome with perfectly round stars yeah i wish LOL

[mill (Martin)]

Yay it is a purrrfect Omega Centauri Jen

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by mill

Hi everybody.
I have to make an apology to everyone in the deep space photography section.
Sometimes i may have said that someones guiding was off or that stars are elongated in pictures.
I have just found out by looking and throwing away many good pictures of my own collection, that i have astigmatism in my eyes
I found this out tonight when i threw out a lot of good pictures and then putting on my reading glasses and NOT throwing any more out.
Without reading glasses all the stars look very elongated and as soon as i put my glasses on, they are round
So my apologies to everyone i have offended

I have astig aswell. Crap at low powers, but doesn't seem to affect viewing at higher mag. Not a severe case, but I do find myself sitting closer to the board in class

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

I have astig aswell. Crap at low powers, but doesn't seem to affect viewing at higher mag. Not a severe case, but I do find myself sitting closer to the board in class

Lol mine is pretty crap i found out.
It is about two stars wide and i have thrown out a crap load of good pictures because of that

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by mill

Lol mine is pretty crap i found out.
It is about two stars wide and i have thrown out a crap load of good pictures because of that

Pictures!!?? Sounds pretty bad if you're not seeing well at such close range. Mine is only apparent at distance. My near vision is more or less perfect, but if I'm in the back row of a classroom, or using an eyepiece with a 7mm exit pupil, forget it. On a whiteboard I find some colours harder to read than others, e.g. green and red give me hell, but black and blue is fine.

[casstony]

I have mild astigmatism (0.25) but bright stars in the sky with unaided eyes look like crabs/spiders, with the rays of light being very obviously elongated from top to bottom(in the direction of my astigmatism). It doesn't show up looking at a computer screen because the pupil is much less dilated looking at the bright screen.

Your eyes must have a lot of astigmatism to show up on the screen Martin - do you have your glasses prescription?

[multiweb (Marc)]

It's all good mate. Just turn the PC monitor 90 degrees clockwise and check again.

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Pictures!!?? Sounds pretty bad if you're not seeing well at such close range. Mine is only apparent at distance. My near vision is more or less perfect, but if I'm in the back row of a classroom, or using an eyepiece with a 7mm exit pupil, forget it. On a whiteboard I find some colours harder to read than others, e.g. green and red give me hell, but black and blue is fine.

Yep colors on different back ground is a pita to see.

Originally Posted by casstony

I have mild astigmatism (0.25) but bright stars in the sky with unaided eyes look like crabs/spiders, with the rays of light being very obviously elongated from top to bottom(in the direction of my astigmatism). It doesn't show up looking at a computer screen because the pupil is much less dilated looking at the bright screen.

Your eyes must have a lot of astigmatism to show up on the screen Martin - do you have your glasses prescription?

I have prescription reading glasses and as soon as i put them on, the stars are round
Just lucky for me (or unlucky) i am only doing imaging.

Originally Posted by multiweb

It's all good mate. Just turn the PC monitor 90 degrees clockwise and check again.

Marc i tried that but then i have to use my chin to move the mouse