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The latest advice (received today) from my Takahashi dealer (apparently endorsed by the importer) is:
"To assemble the components and expect them to work at this level is not realistic."
That's disgraceful. I was saving for one of these scopes but I think I'll look elsewhere now. Gnomus if you are not comfortable with naming and shaming on an open forum I would be grateful if you would let me know who to avoid by pm.
Thanks
Mike
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Very late to this thread and perhaps I'm just making the waters even muddier but for what it's worth I have a problem with odd star shapes with a Borg 71FL which I suspect is down to focuser movement. Attached are two images showing a very variable error over a two hour twenty minute run of twenty minute exposures, the camera used was a QHY9. Perhaps it might be worth while doing similar in your case, at least it would rule out one of the possible causes.
Regards
Mike
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Astonishing work, congratulations to you both, that is a breathtaking image.
Mike
Deep sky imaging showcase 2015
in Imaging - Showcase Threads
Posted · Edited by Mike Hawtin
Tough to pick my favourites from last year but for what they're worth here they are:
# 1. Horsehead & Flame LRGB, 3 panel luminance mosaic taken with a C6 Hyperstar and Atik 428EX mono with the colour taken through a Borg 71FL and QHY9 mono.
# 2. IC 1311 2 panel mosaic, C6 Hyperstar and Atik 428EX mono LHaRGB.
# 3. Messier 8 region 2 panel mosaic, C6 Hyperstar and Atik 428EX mono RHaGB.
# 4. Messier 16 2 panel mosaic, C6 Hyperstar and Atik 428EX mono RGB.
# 5. NGC 7822 2 panel mosaic, C6 Hyperstar and Atik 428EX mono LRGB.
Hope you like them.