Thanks Joe. Yes, eventually I will be guiding through the main scope. The off-axis guider is a custom machining job that will connect between a 3" Wynne corrector and my FLI filter wheel/camera. The spacing needs to be perfect to get the best performance from the Wynne. I hope to have the part in 5 weeks.............. waiting............. waiting............still waiting.......! Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Test Image from New Astrograph - Adventures in ATM Fine pic, Tyler. Are you fixing the flex problem by through-the-scope guiding? ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tyler@allred-astro.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:41 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Test Image from New Astrograph - Adventures in ATM Hello All, I have been working feverishly on my new astrograph and everything is now working well except the flexure issue I mentioned in a previous thread. I finally got a chance to run the scope for about 40 minutes a couple of nights ago, and decided to point it at the Flying Hamburger (NGC3628). Due to flexure, I am limited to 1-minute exposures, so this image is not very deep or well defined, but I can see potential. I thought I would post it for others to enjoy. The new scope has over twice the focal length of my previous scopes. This longer focal length, combined with the small pixel size of the ML8300 camera, make for a pretty large image scale. This is going to be fun! :) Here is a link to the luminance-only image: http://www.allred-restoration.com/Images/NGC3628_SLAS.jpg Take a peek! Cheers, Tyler _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".