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Lunar Images from 9/18/23 - Using the 12" scope - still struggling with the optics

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#1 dcaponeii

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 06:52 PM

I've been mapping the corrector alignment for the past few clear nights to mark the rotation position and collimate at each position.  (There are NO factory marks, unlike my 10" scope which is CLEARLY marked with white paint on the corrector edge and on the tube.)  I finished up the full 360 degrees of orientation in 60 degree increments, it's definitely better where it was and similarly with the orientation opposite to where it was.  I grabbed these lunar images at position 5 (60 degrees from where I started) and they are meh.  IN ALL cases the residual astigmatism is still present in the optics so while I now have a decent understanding of the corrector, I'm going to have to pull the main mirror and see if it's pinched by the baffle or perhaps suffers from too much adhesive mounting the mirror to the slide.  (Yes I've been reading and frankly don't trust sending it back to Meade now that I have the mount working great.

 

Here are the pics I took using my ASI585MC camera with a 2x Barlow and my ADC.

 

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 06:53 PM

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 06:53 PM

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 06:53 PM

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 06:55 PM

The images are all best 300 of 1000 frames.

 

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 07:03 PM

Why would you not just send them the OTA?



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Posted 18 September 2023 - 08:07 PM

Why would you not just send them the OTA?


Because I’m afraid they will jack with the encoders after I got them all replaced with closed cap encoders. Their RA encoder failed twice in the first six months. First time it went back to the factory second time I did the repair myself. That was two years ago and it still runs like a Swiss watch!! Plus I’m not sure they are all the way back from the Orion purchase.


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