Theoretical vs Achieved Resolution with SCTs 5 inch SCT
Category: Imaging
Resolution and Double Stars
Double stars are good targets for testing the resolving power of a telescope. Here is epsilon bootis.
Uranus and a few planets 12 June,2020
Crappy seeing but it sort of cleared up at the end. It could have been the smoke from the fire
New Imaging Chain, June 12, 2020
I rearranged the imaging chain on the 5i. Basically I took out the Atmospheric Distortion Corrector. So now it is
Planet Imaging With A Barlow
The attempt was to fine tune the pixel size for the ZWO ASI120MC. The pre-calculated values are shown in this
Venus and Mercury in the Daytime
22 May, 2020 4 pm in the afternoon imaging Venus and Mercury to try and get them close together. They
Stacking and Processing Color Channels Separately
Take a known good file and see if it is better when stacked separately. Using SER file 2020-05-09-1104_6-L-Jup.ser and downloaded