My first M-51 CCD color image

Hi Guys,

The weather is nice here.

I decided to use my ST-10XME in binning 1x1 for the first time with my Meade
12" UHTC OTA.

My target was M51. My 12" OTA was at f/6.9 with the Meade f/6.3 focal reducer.
You could see in my picture coma and a few strange stars, I have again a lot of
problems with the Meade reducer and too with my Bob's Knobs (I decided to
remove them for the original Meade collimation screws, less problems
apparently). I wait again my AP 0.67x CCD Telecompressor from my dealer.


The link for the image & information at :

http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao/immonth.html



Enjoy !!!

Best Regards,

Florent

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CCD ALTAZ & AO web site : http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao

Pithiviers le Vieil/Jouy-En-Pithiverais-----------------FRANCE

My USA web site : http://members.aol.com/JEPobs/poiget.htm

Losmandy HGM TITAN / Gemini Goto mount
Meade 12" UHTC SCT OTA
William Optics FLT-110 & Megrez 80 Triplet APO OTAs
SBIG ST-10XME/CFW-8A/AO-7

What problems did you have with Bob's Knobs? I recently installed them on
my C11 and like them so far ...

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Clear Skies,

Chuck

"JEPobs" wrote in message
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Hi Guys,

The weather is nice here.

I decided to use my ST-10XME in binning 1x1 for the first time with my
Meade
12" UHTC OTA.

My target was M51. My 12" OTA was at f/6.9 with the Meade f/6.3 focal
reducer.
You could see in my picture coma and a few strange stars, I have again a
lot of
problems with the Meade reducer and too with my Bob's Knobs (I decided to
remove them for the original Meade collimation screws, less problems
apparently). I wait again my AP 0.67x CCD Telecompressor from my dealer.


The link for the image & information at :

http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao/immonth.html



Enjoy !!!

Best Regards,

Florent

--------------
CCD ALTAZ & AO web site : http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao

Pithiviers le Vieil/Jouy-En-Pithiverais-----------------FRANCE

My USA web site : http://members.aol.com/JEPobs/poiget.htm

Losmandy HGM TITAN / Gemini Goto mount
Meade 12" UHTC SCT OTA
William Optics FLT-110 & Megrez 80 Triplet APO OTAs
SBIG ST-10XME/CFW-8A/AO-7

Hi Chuck,

I like the Bob's Knobs but apparently on my Meade OTA, I can keep my
collimation fine only with the original Meade collimation screws.

Best Regards,

Florent

--------------
CCD ALTAZ & AO web site : http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao

Pithiviers le Vieil/Jouy-En-Pithiverais-----------------FRANCE

My USA web site : http://members.aol.com/JEPobs/poiget.htm

Losmandy HGM TITAN / Gemini Goto mount
Meade 12" UHTC SCT OTA
William Optics FLT-110 & Megrez 80 Triplet APO OTAs
SBIG ST-10XME/CFW-8A/AO-7

Thanks... I'll keep an eye out, so far so good on my N11 GPS ...

--

Clear Skies,

Chuck

"JEPobs" wrote in message
...


Hi Chuck,

I like the Bob's Knobs but apparently on my Meade OTA, I can keep my
collimation fine only with the original Meade collimation screws.

Best Regards,

Florent

--------------
CCD ALTAZ & AO web site : http://www.astrosurf.com/ccdaltazao

Pithiviers le Vieil/Jouy-En-Pithiverais-----------------FRANCE

My USA web site : http://members.aol.com/JEPobs/poiget.htm

Losmandy HGM TITAN / Gemini Goto mount
Meade 12" UHTC SCT OTA
William Optics FLT-110 & Megrez 80 Triplet APO OTAs
SBIG ST-10XME/CFW-8A/AO-7

Chuck,

For visual, I think the Bob's Knobs will be great with no problem. The problem
is maybe for the CCD imaging I think, but it is only on my OTA, I don't know
if the case is the same for the other.

Best regards,

Florent