Tilt

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eric belanger avatar

Hello .

I have a question about tilt and im not sure about what i found on the Web.

I have a new sharpstar 13028hnt and my stars are elongated all over the image . I think it's tilt because my backfocus seem to be ok . 55.6mm

My question is : does tilt affect the overall image quality or just the stars ? If the answer is just stars , i can live with that and use blurx

Thanks

Lynx Coleman avatar

It might be good to show an image of the elongation you are talking about; it's difficult to identify just from your words.

Tilt will affect your overall image quality.

Clear Skies.

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Tony Gondola avatar

This sounds more like guide error than a spacing issue.

eric belanger avatar

I was just testing yesterday and forgot to save an exemple .

My guiding was good . Around 0.6

Tony Gondola avatar

Still doesn’t sound like a spacing issue. No spikes anywhere in the guiding graph for the session. Have you blinked your frames? You could get a spike or two and still have a good RMS.

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