Log Friday May 13 2022
Acuter Maksy 60 EPs
Every eyepiece tested with this f13.5 telescope worked admirably - short FL, long FL, aspherics, plossls, orthoscopics, from 6mm to 55mm. Even the zoom lens was working.
Zoom Eyepiece Usage
The challenge with the zoom lens is it requires holding the EP and turning the barrel which introduces vibration. It also has a substantial amount of weight offsetting the Acuter Maksy 60 telescope balance when using the small stock tripod.
Moon, Sun & Land
The 60mm Maksutov-Cassegrain catadioptric introduced by Acuter is primarily a Moon, Sun and daytime objects telescope. As the useful magnification ranges from about 48 to 72x with 120 being the theoretical maximum, the image scale remains small.
Maksy Planet Imaging
It might be possible to image planets with the Acuter Maksy 60 but the image scale would be very small. A mobile phone has a zoom function which may help. It would be best to take a video with thousands of embedded images and use software to stack, enhance and edit the results.
Maksy Mounting
To steady the image, attaching the telescope to another with a sturdy tripod is a good idea. This is a good solution for planets because the supplied tiny tripod is not stable enough for high resolution planetary imaging.
55mm Eyepiece
The massive Televue 55mm EP, weighting more than the telescope OTA, was attached to the minuscule Mak in a highly successful experiment. This gave 14.75x instead of the (37.5x with the supplied 20mm EP).
Observatory Platform
Construction continues, now waiting for the final 8 empty water bottles for recycling into the platform. It's noted the platform will perform dual, with two telescopes either indoors or outdoors.
Astro Drawing/Sketching
Mike Otis added electronic digital astro drawings to his repertoire using electronic paint and draw software on the Apple iMac with Catalina. Recent experimental renditions include the Sun, Jupiter, Ganymede, Io, Europa, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and the current planetary conjunction. In 1955 I used a pencil and art paper to draw the Moon. In 2022, I use a computer and sketching & drawing software.
Scaling Inference
When drawing celestial images at minuscule image scale, Mike Otis creates a drawing/painting that undergoes a visionary scaling inference, making it much bigger and retaining the original's detail or no detail. A person remembers or notes the details at the small image scale and paints the images into a much larger scale.
Astro Painting Scale Inference
When the telescope's image scale is too small for planetary astro imaging, try direct observing to paint the object using the mind's eye scaling inference.
Contents
Acuter Maksy 60 EPs
Zoom Eyepiece Usage
Moon, Sun & Land
Maksy Planet Imaging
Maksy Mounting
55mm EP
Observatory Platform
Astro Drawing/Sketching
Scaling Inference
Astro Painting Scale Inference
