Thanks to Ken's instructions, I managed my second PST Stage 2 mod - this time with an Evostar 102 donor scope.
110mm external D-ERF, PST BF5
Previous one was with a very old Tal 100r scope.
First light selection from today attached, which I'm pretty happy with, but think I really need a BF10 or BF15 to avoid the vignetting, which was still apparent after flats applied and so I did a bit of cropping on the images below.
Thanks again for all the fantastic help and advice on this site for modding
Single-Stack at f10 (Chameleon)
Double-Stack with SM40 on front of scope via adaptor (f10 Chameleon)
Attempt at f25 with powermate 2.5x, but a bit too much for the conditions I think
PST Stage 2 mod (Evostar 102) - First Light
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Congratulations, a very fine first light
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Those are superb results! Keep em' coming!
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Re: PST Stage 2 mod (Evostar 102) - First Light
Congrats on the mod! I think the last one shows serious potential for this mod.
My processing sometimes tends to be too hard, but I try for details and less for esthetics, your barlowed one may be processed harder to reveal more IMO.
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My processing sometimes tends to be too hard, but I try for details and less for esthetics, your barlowed one may be processed harder to reveal more IMO.
Regards,
Dirk
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