I've been putting my Quark through its paces and comparing it to my Lunt by imaging the same region with the same settings. Set-ups as follows:
Quark Chromosphere, Skywatcher 80ED, ZWO ASI174MM.
Lunt 60 mm, 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM.
Image processing in Autostakkert, IMPPG and Photoshop. The Lunt image is cropped because going any higher with the focal length results in oversampling.
Quark with tuning set to the centre:
Quark with tuning set 5 clicks anti-clockwise:
Lunt:
Doing this has made me realise how important it is to get the tuning right with the Quark. I wanted the Quark so that I could improve resolution to enable me to take better close ups, I feel that it achieves that but I much prefer the Lunt as an instrument.
Here's a full inverted disc taken with the Lunt (2 panels stitched together):
I've only been out twice with the Quark and I'm keen to improve so if anyone has any Quark top tips or tricks I would love to hear them.
Quark vs Lunt
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Re: Quark vs Lunt
You have definitely nailed the tuning of the Quark, it needs to be set at 5 clicks anticlockwise
Very nice to see the comparison
Alexandra
Very nice to see the comparison
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Re: Quark vs Lunt
Nice shots! The Quark 5 clicks ccw is the better one.
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