Test shots with the Vixen - 16th Sept 2005

[Mike]

Ok here are two test shots I did last night. Three things I found with the new scope :-

1) Your alignment needs to be PERFECT.
2) CCD images come out MUCH brighter.
3) The scope is out of collimation.

M57 - Ring Nebula



NGC7662 Blue Snowball Nebula (I could see this nicely through the eyepiece - it's TINY!)

[Whitters]

Very nice Mike

[Rocket Pooch]

Good one, whe I did the cat's eye I had top put a 2x barlow on the LX90, try that

[Mike]

I'm going to need to collimate it properly first and to get tiny faint objects I'm going to need to perfect the tracking and alignment.

[JohnP]

Look pretty darn impressive to me... Can't wait to see some more when you sort out the collimation issues - Looks like you have sussed the colour balance... very good.

Cheers,  John