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Adjusting the Tilt (W.O. Redcat), Robert Q. Kimball

Adjusting the Tilt (W.O. Redcat)

Adjusting the Tilt (W.O. Redcat), Robert Q. Kimball

Adjusting the Tilt (W.O. Redcat)

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I just purchased a W.O. Redcat 51 telescope and a ZWO ASI6200 camera. I connected the scope, custom Precise Parts spacer, ZWO OAG, ZWO Filter wheel, and camera. Everything seems to fits together tightly. I took my first light and noticed some distorted stars out near the edges. This image used PixInsight's Abberation Spotter to show the distortion. The image was focused using Sequence Generator Pro's auto focus sequence.

The Redcat scope has a tilt adjustment ring. I am going to do a series of experiments to see if I can improve the edge stars. Check in a month or so to see if I can improve the field.

As a final note, I reduce the size of my raw image by 10% before starting this experiment

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Adjusting the Tilt (W.O. Redcat), Robert Q. Kimball