Hi Tyler, I hope you can get some kind of rebate because of the bum secondary. Meanwhile, all of us would like to see your latest photos! Happy new years, Joe --- On Mon, 12/29/08, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] FORMERLY - Want feedback on my Orion Nebula picture flaws To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 2:18 PM Patrick wrote < As long as you are still awake, care to provide an update on your ASA> Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you on this one. I have had a rough time getting the ASA up and working. There was a problem with the secondary mirror that was causing astigmatism. It took me a while to troubleshoot it because I never suspected the secondary. Steve Dodds helped me out by testing the mirrors. I replaced the secondary with a 1/30th wave Antares that is really top notch... way better than the original secondary mirrors used by ASA. Since getting everything fixed up I have had only one night of shooting between the clouds, but the results were promising. I took a few frames of M109 with the KAF3200XME Finger Lakes camera and you can see at least a dozen other galaxies in the image. I had some guiding issues with the frames however (new guider), so it is a little hard to tell much about the system. I will say that it was nice to finally see focused round stars through the scope. I can't imagine why the secondary was bad. I think everything must now be ready for use because the weather has turned on me completely. :( Tyler _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com