Stars only have a curl in the corners?
Good afternoon! I took a picture of M27 – The Dumbbell Nebula last night:
Telescope: Bresser FirstLight MAK 100/1400 (an f/14 Maksutov)
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro SynScan GoTo
Camera: Canon EOS 1100D (unmodified)
Guiding system: –
In the center (e.g., the white dwarf), the stars are perfectly round, but in the corners, and not far from the center, the stars have a tail that always points toward the center of the image. I learned exactly that about coma, but I thought that in coma, the stars in the corners become lines. Can anyone help me? Best regards, Tjovo.
I think you need a comactor. He fixes this problem as far as I know.
I’m sorry I don’t have a Maksutov-Cassegrain, but on my Newton I had ic hauch similar.
Topic: Collimation
For your Bresser I find no instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMkURZdJ84Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlFf1GC70OA
that is a mistake in your mak; could be caused by mirror-shifting.
koma looks different as you suspected.
From my point of view, “just” is a bad look.