Plese wait for the animation to download (4meg) they are large files so have a scroll around.

Here we can compare the resolution and to a lesser extent signal to noise ratio, acheived by taking
9 X 10min with a Astrophysics 6" Starfire APO against 10 X 2min taken with the Orion Optics AG12.
Both images were taken through the same 11.8nm Astronomik Halpha filter.

Both images are raw combines (100% res crops) with only DDP applied in processing, nothing else.
Remember, the AG12 shot was just a quick first light test too, final tweaking should improve
things even further but this is also testament to the fabulous Catseye collimation tools.

The resolution and star image size are essentially the same, with only the seeing most likely the
determining factor - which was better on the night using the Starfire.

For a fast wide field corrected Newtonian astrograph with large central obstruction and less focal
length, to have resolution this closely comparable to a World leading APO refractor is really quite
remarkable!

Please contact me if you have any questions about this scope: m.sidonio@bigpond.com