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Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube
      05/16/08 11:51 AM Attachment (93 downloads)

This is a CCDInspector report of the M13 focusing frame. You can see that ideal focus is a bit off center. This is because I had FocusMax touch up the focus using the brightest single star in the frame, which is not inside the cluster.

Thanks,
-Wade

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Visual Stuff (shared with wife and kids, 10 & 12): Celestron Nexstar 5, Generic 6" F/8 Dob, Celestron C6 or C8 on ASGT mount, CGE-1400, Coronado PST, 12x70 Binoculars.

Imaging Stuff: Meade 8" LX200ACF with Optec TCF-S focuser on CGE mount, SBIG ST-10XME with CFW8, Astrodon filters, Canon EOS 20D.

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* New 8" LX200ACF Tube WadeH237 05/16/08 11:49 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube Sky Captain   05/19/08 12:23 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube JoadModerator   05/19/08 12:31 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube WadeH237   05/16/08 11:56 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube WadeH237   05/16/08 11:51 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube nik hodges   05/16/08 11:56 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube WadeH237   05/16/08 11:59 AM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube WadeH237   05/16/08 12:06 PM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube nik hodges   05/16/08 06:03 PM
. * Re: New 8" LX200ACF Tube Tomvictor   05/18/08 08:17 AM

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