Saturn Tonight

Declan,

The new focuser is a world of difference to the old rack and pinion - nice and smooth plus the 1:10 speed really makes the difference for fine tuning. A lot less vibration and settle down time after adjusting focus also. On the negative side I will need to order an extension tube in order to use eyepieces and webcam - at the moment I have a work around by removing the lens from an Omni Barlow that I had spare, it gives me that extra bit of out-focus necessary.

Hey John i'm glad you like the new focuser i
just got a williams optics 66mm apo it's rack
and pinion but it has the 1:10 fine ajustment
and i find it great.I have also just purchase
an extension tube for the 80ED i too was
using the barlow tube for the extra length
needed for back focus :lol:

Not a bad image at all John,
You might want to increase the brightness in registax at the end before you save it, its a tad bit dark, but there is some nice detail in there all the same.

Hi john,

Not bad at all I was having a lot of trouble with my laptop screen to. I was posting images that looked fine to me but when I saw the images on a different computer Went OMG they are pink and green I was shocked laptop is in hospital getting fixed.

Like good wine you are getting better and better with time.
The best is yet to come from you
Super Saturn

Deirdre Kelleghan
www.deirdrekelleghan.com/
Oscail do Shuile D'iontas na Cruinne
Open Your Eyes to the Wonder of the Universe

Thanks for the comments guys - I'll reprocess this a little brighter and re-post it when I get time.