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    2023-02-07
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    Clouds for the foreseeable future, so no opportunity to test my new ZWO ASI120MM-S guide camera. This camera fits directly to the OAG, so hopefully it should overcome the focusing issues I had when trying the SV305. Being monochrome, it should also (hopefully) provide a better image for guiding.

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    2023-02-05
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    So, with Galaxy season approaching I thought I’d get the Celestron 8SE setup and on the mount, and then also switch to using the new ZWO OAG rather than the Guide Scope. Things, however, didn’t go to plan.With the updated imaging train, it looks like I had the Back Focus wrong. And even worse, the SV305 camera can’t achieve focus when connected to …

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    2023-02-03
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    Most of the copy text on this site was generated using ChatGPT by OpenAI. It’s a lot quicker to than trying to come up with suitable words for website, although it’s a little ‘flowery’ in parts, so I might tone that down a little in places. https://chat.openai.com/chat