More STL tests M48

Did some tweaking to my Borg, including getting the camera much closer to the flattener. I still have some flexure issues but thing are improving quite a bit. This image is only cropped 20% BUT, it was reduced 80% to make it less than 250Kb for display! I'm getting a pretty flat field now almost all the way across.

Details on website:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/clusters/m48-STL-fl.htm

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

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That is lovely. Very 3D, the cluster seems to be hanging in space. The 11000 seems to shine in widefeld shots. Does the best job of it of any camera.

Greg.

wow! That's spectacular. Love the diffraction spikes also. How did you create those?

Best Regards
Duncan

Wonderful colors & pinpoint stars Jose!
Well done!

That's an awesome shot Jose. Your going to do real good with that ne camera. My new camera is coming tomorrow. I bought an SXV-H9 Starlight-Xpress. I was going to save up and get an ST-10, but it was going to take me way too long to save up that kind of money, especially after just getting that new AP-130 F/6 last month. I couldn't swing getting the filters yet, so I will just be taking black and white shots for a while, but at least I don't have to use my ST-237A anymore.
Ralph

Jose,

That's a very neat shot! Also shows promise for the Borg with the STL-11000. Are you using the standard helical focuser, or a heavier-duty version? Are you using the front-focuser adapter by any chance? That might address the flexure issues to some extent - I have one on mine, and with my ST-8XE with CFW-8a I don't even need to extend the draw tube to achieve focus.

Eric

Thank you all for the nice comments!

Jose