Hello All,
I live in a windy place and unfortunately the flexible dew shield that I use for the C11 is acting like a sail.
Last night, after hours of frustration, I removed the dew shield all together as a trial. My guiding graph, errors and star shapes, significantly and immediately improved. Although I am not under dark skies (Bortle 6/7), my telescope is well shielded from stray light. Also, currently dry weather and good separation between dew point and actual temp. This will change in the winter months here in Perth. I will definitely need some dew shield. I already have the bespoke celestron dew-heater ring.
I am thinking of just cutting the existing dew shield to reduce surface area.
Question… Is there a shorter version of dew shield available (for Celestron C11)? Any other DIY tricks?
Anybody shooting with C11 without a dew shield? Thoughts?
CS,
Kartik