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Odd diffraction spikes from a refractor

Posted on June 10, 2020 by james

The other night I was framing an image using my 80ED and Atik 314L when I noticed that some stars in one corner of the image had odd diffraction spikes: I couldn’t see what the problem was at all at … Continue reading →

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M27 revisited

Posted on November 9, 2019 by james

I first imaged M27 quite some years back and it has always been a favourite, so it being the summertime this planetary nebula was an obvious choice for an early target. This time I used the Skywatcher ED80 and Atik … Continue reading →

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