From: "Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D." <tredding@mac.com>

Date: June 4, 2010 9:12:17 AM MDT

To: astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: navigation tool

I had an enjoyable three hours this morning using Astro_IIDC.  Mostly I focused on Jupiter and imaging to become familiar again with the workflow.  It was not a serious effort, but it did leave me with the impression that I need to collimate the scope to improve the imaging.  There appears to be an artifact associated with the moons of Jupiter that indicates they are not round, and I suspect collimation is the problem.

Terry - W6LMJ - 14.287 

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. 

Redding Observatory South, West Palm Beach, Florida

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