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Absolutely exquisite images. Detail is staggering.

Thanks Tanveer :-)

?Nice! Theophilus is one of my favorites and your images are likely the best I've seen. Tanveer. christian.viladrich@... [C14_EdgeHD] <C14_EdgeHD@...> wrote:

Dear All, Please find some lunar images taken on July 17 with the Celestron 14 and the IDS3370 camera : The setting sun on Theophilius and Cyrillus :

Suspect the blank-message-with-web-link purporting to be from Lou was spam, don't click the web link. -Charlie Lasnier

Thanks. Here is another one - 60,000 frame image (125ms): http://www.stanmooreastro.com/images/NGC5474_sm.JPG http://www.stanmooreastro.com/images/M3_Lucky_70sec_from_1hr.JPG Stan

Wow great pic! GN

Really. Great counterpoint.

Hi Dale and Stan, The FastFocus is available from stock for the C-11 and C-14 Celeston OTAs including the EdgeHD. As long as the OTA is Fastar compatible the mounting collar will fit. Starlizona even

using EMCCD at 125ms (8 FPS) best 560 of 34,000 frames (1.6% selection) http://www.stanmooreastro.com/images/M3_Lucky_70sec_from_1hr.JPG

It's a small difference but it is only necessary to use two wires, perpendicular, to get a cross diffraction.

The cable used with the fast focus is CAT5 (I.e. Ethernet). I split it into the four twisted pairs, so the spikes look like what you would get from a typical secondary, namely four spikes. I hadn't

"Optec Fast Focus secondary focuser" Near as I can tell this is no longer sold or supported, which is really too bad. Does anyone have different info? (i.e. a retailer?) BTW, curving the wires will

This is bullshit

CN is mostly an arms race. Its just like any retailer-run forum that revolves around talking about gear. 99.9% of CN posts are about gear, NOT about astronomy. That can be useful up to a certain

Using a wire guide in the form of a semi circle (intersecting the secondary) will get rid of the diffraction artifacts. Tanveer. [C14_EdgeHD] <C14_EdgeHD@...> wrote:

I've been using the Optec Fast Focus secondary focuser for about a year now. I use it with FocusMax and it works great. It also uses zero back focus. The only drawback is that the wires for power pass

Is anyone using an autofocus motor with the C14 Edge HD? I would be interested in your experiences. Fran

Hi Ed, thank you for your reply. Ill check these focusers out like you mentioned, they should do the job.

?Hi Umair, I've made and used Doc Clay's solution for cleaning correctors and it's effective. There is unnecessary fretting over cleaning correctors. They're just as hardy as camera lens coatings