Star issues with Borg 55fl

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Seth avatar
All,

I recently purchased a Borg 55fl and am
having star issues.  I recognize that this scope is particularly sensitive to back focus and have incrementally increased and decreased back focus by  .1 increments from the 60.6 required but still cannot get round stars.  I am starting to think that backfocus is not the issue and that there is another problem (coma???).  I have attached a photo taken last night that illustrates the problem.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

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Torsten Daiber avatar
Hi,

which version exactly do you have? What camera/weight did you use?

Torsten
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