God give me strength, any God!

[MarkS]

Fay,

I didn't know you could hire time on the Hubble Space Telescope!!!   

[RobertM]

Nice picture Fay, it's got a little to much detail for my liking though...

[Daniel]

Wow, that's gorgeous think that might be my next target, though doubt I'll get anywhere near as good as that love the contrast!

[JohnP]

OK Fay - So you've 'fooled' me... & I've even admitted it on a public forum....

[Fay]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I have a confession.

I redone & rotated my Pelican image, I deleted all subs & other images of it as I had had enough of it. The cropped pelican was the only one I kept, so I could see the best position to put it when I do it next.

I download professional images for my desktop, & somehow this one has got into the wrong folder. It was the only one there & I thought it was mine......not bloody Hubble's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it did not look so bad & am cheesed off that it was not mine, God knows how it got into my Canon folder. I thought it was suddenly looking not so bad. John it was not deliberate I am in a state of shock.

[JohnP]

Fay - I'm in a state of shock that I actually thought it was yours.....!!!! 

[JohnP]

oh dear Fay - You've posted it on UKAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck getting out of it......

[RobertM]

Fay, I feel very sorry for you and your mixup but whata mistaka to maka ...

Expect a call from Russell Croman and Nick Syzmanic asking for advice and time on your telescope now ... you may achieve god like status briefly 

[MarkS]

Fay,

That's an incredible mistake to make!  Once you're over the shock this is a story that will remain in the annals of history ...

You'll look back and have a really great laugh about it!!!

Mark

[Fay]

I have just rung Ian King regarding bunched up stars in the corner of the Pelican.

I appears that the WO 0.8 fr/flattener will not be ok with the ED80/EOS setup, because the chip is larger than the SX & it was only designed for Focal Length of around 380mm. The ed80 is around 600mm.
The same as, the 0.25FR is only ok for webcams's etc & not the SX, because of chip size.

There will be vignetting with the 0.8FR, WO ZS66/ EOS/no room for cls filter, as direct coupling, because of chip size. Not sure if I noticed that before. Flat field should correct that. (I think I only used it in Tuesnoad) & did not need cls filter

When I used EOS/FR/2" tube, cls, WO ZS66, I could not get in close enough to focus on star. It was suggested buying a clip in cls filter, that you have, Robert, but leaving the 2" extension tube off.

The bottom line, as usual spending more money, was, a WO mk3 fr/flattener suitable for 600mm fl, £149, for the EOS/ ED80 setup.


Fay

[RobertM]

Hi Fay,

The reason I got the clip filter was just that, it takes up no back focus and can also be used with camera lenses.  I also had to get a short canon-2" adaptor (truetek) to ensure the correct corrector to chip distance (+/- 1mm) with the Reducer Corrector.  Will find out whether it works sometime soon but at the moment I'm happy just using 200mm lens.

Robert