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Thank you both for the feedback so far, it's already been very useful as it is starting to confirm my initial thoughts of poor tracking and focus not being perfect I am using the standard motorised mount that comes with the Celestron C5 - very much not in the HEQ5 class! Also not using polar alignment and using the standard SkyAlign that comes with Celestron software - would polar alignment be more accurate despite the mount? I have also attached a .jpg of one of the better light frames With regards to tracking and the standard mount I am using, would reducing exposure times be useful or looking at a better quality mount a better option? Thanks, Will

Hi everyone, Looking to get some help with aligning my raw images using Deep Sky Stacker. I am trying to work out if my tracking is too poor to align correctly or if its a settings issue on my end I have followed several of the guides and videos linked here as well as some others I found on YouTube however I always end up with the same poor results I use a Celestron C5 with a Canon 1200D for the photos - 30 second exposure (No darks/flats etc - could this be the issue?) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11uRjXg9R1Uykev7UFwK50b0mNbFU7Nw5?usp=sharing Above is the link for the raw files if anyone cares to take a look! Also happy to provide any further information for setup etc if needed Many thanks, Will