24 Apr
2010
24 Apr
'10
5:52 p.m.
PST Ha Solar Test Image 4-24 Double-stack http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3302 No proms or sunspots were available for imaging. From this test I decided that the 2.5x Powermate I am using to raise the focal plane to the camera is magnifying the image past the 40mm PST's diffraction limit. I decided to retry after ordering and receiving a 1.25x Powermate. The PST setup with counterweighting is: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3292 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3295 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3298 - Kurt