Just flocked my refractor 70mm scope! Excited :D

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Just flocked my refractor 70mm scope! Excited :D

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I used the flocking scraps that came with the free 6" reflector mirror package/kit thing (Someone sent it to me free of charge. even free shipping)
and went ham flocking every part of my refractor scope I could. even the focuser has flocking paper in it now.
I had to adjust the positions of the baffles a bit. so theres not even a tiny bit of the objective and light path obscured from any angle (even far to the edge of the focuser racked in or out)
now its a deep void around the exit pupil of my eyepieces when i look at it from some inches away.
and when looking through its also very high contrast image. clear and bright

Tested with my camera too and this is my results
Does this seem normal contrast for a 70mm F6 refractor telescope? note that it was priced at only 30$ on amazon when I bought it. it's still 30$ today.
by contrast I mean how dark the shadows. and the contrast of the mid-tones are. how washed out or not they look. brightest whites to the deepest blacks and shadows. whatnot.
This is basically straight out of the camera. no enhancements contrast or saturation. only white balance adjusted.
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Svbony SV503 70mm ED F6 420mm FL refractor telescope (New)
Canon EOS 100D/SL1
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-F6.3 II VC lens
canon 50mm STM F1.8
svbony 8-24mm zoom eyepiece
svbony goldline 66 degree 9mm and 6mm + 40mm plossl + 2x barlow.
svbony UHC 1.25 filter + astromania 1.25" O-3 filter + also an svbony H-B filter.
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@Refractordude

Oh...when you said flocked, you actually meant flocked. :lol:
It wasn't a profanity bypass.

The contrast looks pretty good for a small cheap refractor.

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:D Yeah and at night it really has good contrast too.
easily out performs my 100mm reflector telescope. easily higher contrast and less glare/flares

The reflector telescope has so much glare and flare issues its not even funny. its vomit disgusting bad. cause of all the streetlights
Theres a lot of hazy washed out look too from all the light bouncing around in the tube.

my 70mm refractor telescope fully flocked and baffled has great contrast. and no major glare or flares
background sky hugely more contrasty against the stars.
Orion nebula is more visible and contrasty in my 70mm refractor telescope because of that.
Svbony SV503 70mm ED F6 420mm FL refractor telescope (New)
Canon EOS 100D/SL1
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-F6.3 II VC lens
canon 50mm STM F1.8
svbony 8-24mm zoom eyepiece
svbony goldline 66 degree 9mm and 6mm + 40mm plossl + 2x barlow.
svbony UHC 1.25 filter + astromania 1.25" O-3 filter + also an svbony H-B filter.
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Good job.
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Did even more flocking and removed the baffle in the focuser. and moved back the baffle in the main telescope tube even further away from the objective lens.
got this result with 24 seconds exposure time total (stack of 0.5 second frames at a blazing iso 25600)
looks like good star colors for once. not too bad. Almost no vignetting too.
Capella is the bright star in the middle
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Svbony SV503 70mm ED F6 420mm FL refractor telescope (New)
Canon EOS 100D/SL1
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-F6.3 II VC lens
canon 50mm STM F1.8
svbony 8-24mm zoom eyepiece
svbony goldline 66 degree 9mm and 6mm + 40mm plossl + 2x barlow.
svbony UHC 1.25 filter + astromania 1.25" O-3 filter + also an svbony H-B filter.
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