M101 my 102GT is back (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: M 101 · NGC 5422 · NGC 5447 · NGC 5449 · NGC 5450 · NGC 5451 · NGC 5453 · NGC 5455 · NGC 5457 · NGC 5461 · NGC 5462 · NGC 5471 · NGC 5473 · NGC 5474 · NGC 5477 · NGC 5484 · PGC 214207 · PGC 2448110 · PGC 2449818 · PGC 2453053 · PGC 2456753 · PGC 2464645 · PGC 2468609 · PGC 2469762 · PGC 2470911 · PGC 2472607 · PGC 2479781 · PGC 2480053 · PGC 2480519 · PGC 2484799 · And 26 more.

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M101 my 102GT is back

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Having fell while carrying my WO102GT, I gave up my body to protect the scope, but the dew shield did gentle hit the ground throwing it out of collimation . I was OK just some bruised ribs. I tried to fix myself but ended up stripping the heads of the adjustment screws even though I had bought the perfect screwdriver for the job (they were glued in). Had to send to Taiwan for repairs, only had to pay for shipping. The repair shop had to send the lens back to the factory. Five months later it arrived back! This is the first light. I AM THRILLED! good stars in the corners again! yippie. This was my first scope...it's good to have back.

I imaged on multiple nights as I was tweaking the tilt and backspace and fooling with the mount. I threw out 30% of the subs from the totals I listed, but combined all the nights together. I extracted the Ha from the dual band Lextreme using APP. I gently blended the Ha to keep it real, but wish I boosted a bit in hindsight. I have much trouble with background color. Don't like it too dark, but I haven't figured out what I like the best so far. The image here on the web shows more blueish than on my 5k calibrated iMac.

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Description: Stars are good in the corners! Thank you William Optics!

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Description: ASTAP analysis looks good.

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Description: It's back! can you believe I took this image at 10pm with an iPhone 3 second exposure with bright moon!

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RA (center)	14h02m59s.99
RA (top/left)	13h59m07s.68
RA (top/right)	13h59m04s.60
RA (bottom/right)	14h06m42s.20
RA (bottom/left)	14h07m06s.54

Dec (center)	+54°21′21″.4
Dec (top/left)	+55°16′02″.3
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Dec (bottom/right)	+53°26′12″.4
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