As you rack in and out of focus, does the star blur stay round?
Does it get elipitcal? Does it have spikes or look lopsided?
At about 200 power rack out of focus a star so that its about 1/10
of the apparant field. Now rack in about the same distance. Do
the two blurrs look different?
Well, if memory serves me right (boy am I leaving myself open
tonight...)the blurrs look about the same, and they look round-
ish...I don't recall any lopsided-ness to them at all...just that the
view just doesn't 'look' like it does in any picture I've seen....of
course this could all be a problem with my Mark 1 eyeball....
I dont have an 8" to compare with, but I'd be happy to look at,
and through your scope, at an observing session.
Can you arrange for a clear night ?
I'd love for a few pairs of better trained eyes to look through the
scope...and tell me what they honestly think...if the scopes on the
really bad to " yikes' side of things, then a new scope is in my
future...if on the other hand it's all a question of my not knowing
what the heck I'm doing ( quite possible!), then I'm in for a little
ribbing, but I'll have learned something!
I'm working on the clear skies as we speak...and I think I've done a
pretty good job so far tonight!
Again, thanks all for your help...must get out to a real observing
site soon! I hear Perth calling my name..... :)
Jean
