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Bill Phenix

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    if there is anyone out there that are interested in producing a better RGB from this date, i will gladly send them the raw files from all the RGB captures
  2. is there anyone out there that has a zwo533MM? ive just bought one and ime waiting for the next clear moonless night. if there is anyone, i would like to hear your experience, thanks.
  3. This project was started a few weeks ago with the intention of removing the secondary mirror from my scope. i used a celestron 8 inch f5 tube and replaced the f5 mirror with a GSO 8 inch f4 mirror. A new mirror cell had to be built so i used the stellafane design as shown in the pics. i was fed up with the secondary dewing up and knew that the heat produced from the camera would eliminate this. 7% increase in light since no secondary. less diffraction since camera is much smaller than the required size of secondary. collimation is a dream, just remove the camera and look through the hole. focusing is done by gently moving the camera. i will be doing some rough tests tonight and will post images in the future. the images shown is of the scope nearly finished, i have to block the hole where the focuser used to be.
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