Finally first go with 350d mod

[leemanley]

Just a quick focussing test really, camera holds great promise, although the collimation is slightly off ! I cant wait to delve into Cygnus and all its red beauties !

Arcturus

Single 10 sec shot, iso 800, 200PDS, Canon 350d-full filter removal



Thanks for looking
Lee

[Leveye]

Looks beautiful. Your on your way! Couple of things I 'm noticing. First you have some dust bunnies and whatnot on the camera's sensor. You will want to address that before doing a serious imaging session. Sensor swabs work great for that. Second. Are you using a coma corrector? If not just the very center area of your pictures with be in sharp focus with some blurring and deformity around the edges and corners. Baader makes a great one. Looks like with that fine scope it would be well worth taking care of these issues. Looking forward to your future posts with it!

[leemanley]

Hi and thanks Leveye, I do have a coma corrector, this will definately be added to the train when I get going in earnest, this will also help minimize foriegn bodies landing on the exposed sensor. Will be making sure I get the hurricane blower on it beforehand !

Thanks
Lee