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I did another edit on it.

Really enjoying PixInsight to be honest. The book I got has helped alot. That was 10x 300s Ha, 10x 300s SII and 5x 300s OIII. Didn't get chance to finish the last 5 OIII's as heavy cloud set it. And ZERO calibration frames 😄

Finally got a break in the clouds... This is my first atempt at an edit, not sure how I feel about it.

Also just finished editing this. Very noisey but I think that's just due to me not exposing on the narrowband for long enough? 68 Cygni

M31 taken on the 12/09/2023 Askar FRA400, ZWO 533MM Pro, EQMount, ASIAir + Pixinsight Full story leading up to it :

After more tinkering with PixInsight I have this...

Thanks! I watched this today and it really cleared up a lot of questions I had around sub exposure timings. In my bortle 5 zone with this lens and camera I think, based on that video, that 60 second subs for RGB(L?) and 500 second subs for narrowband are what I should be aiming to use.

This was last night. It's just 3x 5min R, G, B filter images combined. Still learning Pixinsight.

It's the 533MM Pro with the 8x1.25" wheel with ZWO LRGB, H-Alpha, SII and OIII installed in it. Managed to get it all up and running just before the light went. Got initial focus using a TV aerial in the distance. Think the camera is upside down at the moment but everything seems to work so far.

I had to get creative with the counter-weight but she weights in at bang on 11lbs

I have the same floppy 55-200mm lens clunk... clunk... clunk... Not the more reassuring noise for a lens to make 😄

Ahh the joys of Fuji again The lens focus (and other rings) is fly-by-wire so turning the focus ring does nothing but tell the camera to change focus that in turn instructs the lens to move inside the housing using some complex electo-magnetic guide rail (at least that's my understanding of it). As soon as the power is taken away the lens just flops about inside (Not even joking, you can hear it). So yeah, this solution would be fine if it was a manual lens, but unfortunetly it's not. I'm problem solving with the right tool for the job I guess

Ahh, I see what your saying. This could still be an issue I guess since the weight distribution means the Fuji is pretty much centre and the guide scope is off axis. It's frustrating that Fujifilm is so poorly supported globally. Not being able to dither or use it as a main camera (at all with the ASIair, or limited with INDI) is really annoying since I'm spending time solving issues instead. I'm pretty much pulling the trigger on a Askar FRA400, ZWO 533MM Pro, ZWO EAF, ZWO EFW 8x1.25 and filters at this point.

Good shout but when I aligned them they were pretty well matched besides the vertical alignment. Just checked on astro tools and suprised at how close they are 😮 They also both have roll adjustment, the Fuji lens in the collar and the mini cam in the scope. If I could add more vertical offset to the guide cam they would line up perfectly. Think I got lucky with the magnification.

Yep, it's one long Dovetail they are both mounted on. I can freely rotate them but I've also removed the clamp from the camera lens shoe to lower it, trying to bring them level. Now it's just bolted directly to the dovetail plate.