Deneb

Hi

I just want to say a Special Thanks to FLO & Atik for handling the problem I had with my Atik camera recently. After informing FLO that I had some dried up residue in my camera, FLO were very prompt in collecting the camera (Next Day) then having it Delivered to Atik.

Vince from Atik was extremely helpful in cleaning my camera & having it checked over with a fast turnaround of me recieving the camera back after a few days & also informing me with regular updates.

Also I would like to add the Delivery from Atik was fast as well, with UPS delivering before 10am Monday Morning.

In my book, your Service is Ace.

All the Best.

Cheers

Nadeem.

Those are really excellent results Lewis, definitely perfects the image.

Nadeem

Just flashed my two yesterday, they work like a dream...

Nadeem.

Not a great deal they're now £6.99 + p&p I think.

Still a Steal Price...

Nadeem.

I received my spc's today, can't wait to get my hands on a nosepiece & a ir cut filter...

Nadeem.

How did you re flash it ? or not...

Nadeem.

Amazing bit of kit, another vote for POW...

Nadeem.

Sorry you guys are having problems with the Coma corrector, maybe skywatcher has to go back to the drawing board. But for certain - it is turning out to be a corrector for DSLR only. Well at least I know when I do move over to CCD stuff, either skywatcher updates their product or as I stated before the Baader maybe/will be more suited for the CCD imaging.

Cheers

Nadeem.

mm, maybe I should have tried this out on a ccd camera as well - if i had one, the M48 adaptor is only meant for dslr's. From what I can understand they were specifically made for the F5 range of the skywatcher reflectors not for f/4 orion optics. You could try flo again to see if they have the right adaptors for your ccd.

cheers

Nadeem.

Thanks for the review Nadeem. Are there a variety of adaptors for the different spacing required by different EPs for visual work?

Sorry Martin, whatever was supplied with the coma corrector is in 1st coma corrector pic apart from the M48 Adaptor on the right of the pic, which you have to buy seperatly if using DSLR. I really bought it for imaging purposes, im sure other adaptors would fit for visual purposes with the corrector apart from the ones supplied.

Cheers

Nadeem.

Do you still have both correctors Nadeem?

I would be keen to see a single short exposure shot with plenty of bright stars in (iso 1600 fine for the test) taken through the same telescope on the same night.

Although the baader pic above seems to have some coma issues, in fact all the stars across the image are a little elongated in that direction. I would expect in a well collimated setup for the coma to be apparent on all corners and edges of the field, and for the effect to amplify from the centre outwards, stretching the stars toward each corner. Is the shot a crop, or full frame?

As you only need to see the shape of the stars, and they will be stretched anyway with coma, a short exposure would help to get rid of any slight trailing traces, and a single shot rather than stacked is better.

That said, the skywatcher pic above has good stars to the corners, which shows that the corrector does a good job and is a fine recommendation for the product, but it doesnt seem fair to use it against the Baader unless the comparison is like for like.

With this new corrector, and the new updates to the newts from skywatcher, they seem to be an ideal way into astrophotgraphy with a DSLR. Let's hope many more take up this fascinating hobby of ours

Cheers Nadeem.

Tim

Sorry Tim, but I sold the Baader sometime back even before I sold the Celestron which was also a F5, so I can't give you an up to date comparison shot what you would have liked. The shot taken with the Baader is full frame, uncropped & stacked.

Even though you may not agree with some of the assumptions of my little review, don't get me wrong, the baader is a quality product, priced a little more which I would expect a better product, but from my own experience I never had stars looking that good in the baader, even with a very good collimation compared to the skywatcher when using a DSLR, I did think maybe it would have made a difference if i was using a Astro CCD camera & thats maybe where the Baader is more suited for.

Good thing about the Skywatcher is that using it for ccd work, DSLR imaging or visual the price is £100-120 all in, with the baader retailing at £130 for photographic & for visual add another £40 on top, it is quite appealing to anyone who wants to buy a coma corrector & start imaging. In my perspective or experience I found the Skywatcher better then the baader which I have already stated. As they say "Whatever Floats your Boat" & the Skywatcher is floating it..

Cheers

Nadeem.

Well, the mount does not seem bad at all especially something that could be portable. mmm, i might look into this mount for traveling. As my EQ6 Pro is going no where .

Cheers

Nadeem.

Look to the top right of the original image, there are stars with comet like appearences, this is coma, a quick explaination of coma can be found here, coma usually represents it self in parabolic mirrors e.g. reflector telescopes.

Cheers

Nadeem.

Hi

I originally was not going to write a review about the Skywatcher Coma Corrector, but after speaking to Steve @ FLO today, he encouraged to post up a pic of an image used with the coma corrector.

Well as some might know the Skywatcher Coma Correctors are optimised for the F5 range of Reflectors, they come with an adaptor for visual use also. If you want to use the corrector with a DSLR you will have to buy an M-48 adaptor for your camera otherwise you do not need one if your using a dedicated ccd camera.

Well I was quite surprised by the performance of the corrector, so much so that I have included a pic used with a Baader MPCC when I used to have my Celestron C 8N for comparison. Between the two I thought the Skywatcher was the better performer, but I let you be judge of that ! For £100 all in you can't wrong with it at all compared to the Baader product. So here come the pics. Mods please accept my apologies if the resolution of the pics are too big.

Some pics of the gear

Now the pic below was taken with my old Celestron C 8N with a Baader MPCC, you can some Coma on top right of the image.

This shot was taken unguided 30x 2mins @ISO 800 using the Skywatcher Coma Corrector. Excuse the vignetting on this image as I had not made a lightbox for my 200P DS when I took this image of the M48 StarCluster in Hydra.

A closer crop from the right edge of the image:

Is there Difference ? I think so... A very nice match I say...

Cheers

Nadeem.

Hi

I just want to say, from the time that I have been a member of this Forum, I have been using FLO as my Supplier for Astro Goods. Their service is exceptional as many people already know.

Any queries I tend to have regarding buying new equipment or product support for stuff I already have purchased from them, they are always helpful & give their time to their customers even though they maybe very busy at times.

Any problems that I may have had after buying are sorted out very quickly with no quibbling. I have never had any experience of any type of hard selling from them, sometimes you find from other Retailers. Even with today's climate.

I have found their Advice / Recommendation are non biased.

Whenever there has been a problem with any of my orders they have phoned back & informed me that a particular product was not in stock or offer an equivelant product to my needs.

Their Delivery times are Excellent. If you need something urgently they will try to accomadate this, I have never had a problem with their choice of couriers.

So far I have not found any other Retailer that informative to their customers as I have had with FLO.

Overall their Service is Exceptional & Trusting, my future purchases will still be made with FLO.

So keep up the Good Work FLO !

Cheers

Nadeem.

Great Post, should be a Sticky

I do like the service from FLO as well, always got time to listen to Beginner Woes.

Thank you FLO. :hello1: :hello1:

Hi

This is my 1st DSO pic of Capella (slightly grainy), so go easy on me, taken with a SPC900N Webcam w/ ir filter @5fps coupled on a Meade 3x Barlow used with my new Skywatcher 200P.

sorry cleared the image up a bit: