My DayStar Solar Scout SS60-ds thread

[Greymouser]

On 02/05/2022 at 12:56, Ags said:

Tried with my humble Super 25 eyepiece today. I much prefer the views over the 30 mm, despite the many shortcomings of the Super 25. I could make out nice detail in the filaments and proms. There's an SLV 25 with my name on it somewhere.

I've posted the picture elsewhere, but just putting it here in case this thread gets googled.

Superb! A great advert for the scope and your skill.

[Ags]

I made some progress on focusing. I focus with full aperture to exaggerate misfocus, and then use the step down rings to switch to SOA (standard operating aperture - 43 mm). Obviously my best effort at focus at f15.5 is further sharpened up by changing to f21.

[Nigella Bryant]

4 hours ago, Ags said:

I made some progress on focusing. I focus with full aperture to exaggerate misfocus, and then use the step down rings to switch to SOA (standard operating aperture - 43 mm). Obviously my best effort at focus at f15.5 is further sharpened up by changing to f21.

I use electronic focusers on my scope's because it's quite difficult to achieve fine focussing. Not impossible, just more difficult particularly at high focal ratios.