William Optics Zenithstar 71 First Light Redux (greenbbs)

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William Optics Zenithstar 71 First Light Redux

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This is the product of my first light with my William Optics ZenithStar 71 APO Doublet from Tues night (I didn't get this done till today due to work yesterday, etc).

So, after spending some time this evening with photoshop and on the phone with my good friend Bradley Kalpin, we came up with a way to correct the aberrations that were in the previous version of this. I used the healing tool in Photoshop to repair the aberrations, which then allowed me to resaturate the shot and get the right color balance back so that it wasn't so pale and anemic looking.

William Optics ZenithStar 71mm APO Doublet (418mm)

Sony a6000 camera

Celestron AVX mount

Unguided, but tracked (part of my guidance came in...unfortunately, it's not the camera part...it'll be here next week)

45 x 30 sec exposures, ISO 640

I just wish I had some more time to spend with the scope outside so I can see if I can do something with in-camera tricks or whatnot to avoid the aberrations in the future. I love how sharp the scope is, all the way down through the shot. I can live with the aberrations if that's what I'll be left with because I really think it's a sharp instrument to work with!

Let me know what you think of this version over the other!

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