michael8554

Looks good, but the reviews say the fuses keep falling out - probably easily fixed. Michael

Hi Lee My 8" SCT has a Dew Shield, and I rarely need to have the Corrector dew heater on. But you may have damp air inside the OTA. So you may need to employ one of these SCT Coolers: Michael

That glow on the horizon that some of you in the UK captured is unfortunately right where the Swindon skyglow is for me......,, :-< Looks like it was a southern hemisphere event. Michael

Hi Tim The EVOLUX 62ED .9 Reducer/Flattener has 55mm Backfocus. So will have the correct spacing on a Canon DSLR with the usual 11mm T2 Adapter. But that distance can be increased if the star shape suggests the FF is too close. Which a filter will have already done. Though if you get the Tilt corrected the coma may be gone too. Looks like a the connections are screw-threaded, so I hope the tilt isn't due to the DSLR mod :-< Michael

Hi Tim The image is pretty low-res, only 500MB, you can go up to 1GB with images. But it looks to me that the centre stars are elongated. And the amount of Coma in the corners varies, due to Tilt. Examine a short exposure of a starfield, to minimise guiding and PA errors, stretch that single image if necessary. Michael

Nothing to report here (Wiltshire), clouded over by 3am. Michael

Meade have used the same design for their SCT OTA's for decades, with improvements to the coatings now and then. Watch out for the Corrector, the front piece of glass, having been removed for cleaning, has not been replaced in the same rotational position. You should carry out a Star Test, or ask to see recent astro images. Michael

The coma shape suggests "too close". But sort the Tilt and possible Pinching first. Michael

Hi Steve "I have measured and re-measured and re-measured again the MPCC to sensor distance. " And what was that distance ? And there's nothing stopping you from adding spacers until you get best corner star shape. The corner images look to me like the effects of some of the mirror clips pinching the mirror, and a bit of coma due to FR spacing too close. Michael

You're in a train carriage alongside another carriage. The other carriage starts to depart. The visual illusion is that your carriage is moving. Michael

A Spotting Scope for Bird Watching. On a tripod. Gives an erect image. Can you open the window on the 30th floor, as glass will blur the view ? Michael

"So this should mean that all 58mm T-rings should go with my camera right?" Probably 58mm. And the filter thread is 0.5 mm, 0.75 mm or 1.0 mm pitch, depending on the diameter of the filter thread. But you're not looking for a T-ring. T-rings/T2 Adapters are the specific description of adapters for removable lens cameras. Michael

As Peter said. T2 Adapters are for attaching cameras with the lens removed, DSLRs etc. Michael

I'd say because a Ha modded camera's spectral response has been skewed towards the red end of the spectrum, I don't know that I'd call it purple. Michael

Hi Jack If you only have one 20mm focal length eyepiece, it effectively becomes 10mm with a 2X Barlow. But if you already have a 10mm eyepiece, you don't need the Barlow. That's why we're asking what eyepieces you have already. Michael

The 6D doesn't have any internal leds that could cause this, at least not on mine. You have the camera's eyelevel finder window blanked off ? Run Elp's tests with the current lens, and then with another. Michael

The Canarias island group is a popular destination for holidaymakers, so you cannot predict where and when aircraft will be intercepting your laser beam. Michael

Hi Maru. "The problem is that for each image it finds 0 stars, " But in your first image, DSS detected 306 stars with the slider at 35% ? I loaded your ARW into DSS, and it detected 148 stars at 30%, I'd use that setting.. However, even at only 4 seconds exposure, the stars in the ARW are not round. So maybe the rest of the 400 Lights are worse ? Michael

Get a Celestron SCT to T2 Adapter. Michael

For the Moon, sub-1sec manual exposures would be less hit-or-miss than auto-exposure, adjust for best result. For dim Deep Sky Objects such as Galaxies and Nebulae, much longer exposures are required, 10 seconds or more. Michael

If you had entered 7th Nov in US format that would come out as July 10th. At 2100 on that date Capella would be about 10 degrees EAST of north. Is that about where the mount slewed to from the usual pointing north start position ? Michael

Probably OD = Outside Diameter eg 1.25 inch OD You can add your country to your Profile that is displayed to the left of your posts. Michael

Depends on how you will be using the scope. Focal length is 400mm, so focused star images are formed 400mm back from the objective. Roughly measure this with a tape measure, this will give you an idea of how much spacing you need. For Visual use a Star Diagonal will work. For Imaging use standard-size screwed extensions, the focuser will take up the rest. Michael

The Meade 6.3 reducer from your old 8" Meade is supposedly NOT compatible with the already-corrected ACF. But why not try it before shelling out a shed-load of money for the "Optec Lepus 0.62x Reducer for Meade ACF". Michael