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Hi all, been very quiet on the Essex pages so thought I'd post this , really nothing special but I'm getting my head around narrowband / SHO imaging. The Ha was good but the Oii and Sii were very weak (nearly a full moon)

1 hr Ha, 1 hr 25 mins Oii and 1 hr 10 mins Sii all in 300 sec subs

Oiii and Sii were ' stretched to within an inch of their life '

@Yoddha

Get well soon 🤞

Or try 'run as administrator'

+1 for the Heart 👍🏻

1 hour ago, Tommohawk said:

Thing is it's a great image especially for 8" aperture.

Just a thought...at the risk of thrashing the data again, if you have 2 more or less adjacent runs, you could join them in PIPP, and then do best 5% in AS. Might get you a smidge more. 

Maybe tomorrow 😉

5 hours ago, Tommohawk said:

Bit over-cooked for my taste TBH!

Agreed, it's so difficult to know when to stop 🙂 it looks so different on the pc screen to my phone 😊

last one , I promise 🙂

possibly now over processed but increased local contrast on planet surface.

Looks better on my phone, not sure on web ?

Thanks Tommo

And last post ...

First attempt at a gif 

Processed one from slightly earlier in the session, maybe a teeny bit more detail ...

Hi, I've been getting really wound up with the weather spoiling my Mars fun. Last night looked promising but as soon as I set up it clouded over again 🙁

I sat outside patiently waiting and managed 5 runs in the cloud gaps. So glad I stuck it out.

This is a quick process - autostakkert / registax / PS6 of 1 of those runs.

3 mins approx 18000 frames stacked best 5%

My best ever Mars (so far)

C8/2x barlow/zwo adc/zwo 224mc

Hi Tim, it's a bit slow on here lately 😟 the weather is very depressing and we seem to have lost our mojo.

Anywhere on the Dengie peninsular is pretty dark but hard to get away from local LP ... A lot of private roads too as you get further east. There is a church car park at the North East of Dengie that's good but trees block views below about 25° alt. https://maps.app.goo.gl/PbxkSgPX1MRH6SqcA

Also Margaret Roding is pretty good ...

All the best and if you find anywhere else 😉 let us know.

Looking good, use a region of interest to cut the file size down hence increase the frame rate. Also, capture non debayered and let Autostakkert debayer the capture.

If you're trying to print larger, you could try step interpolation in photoshop, it's not magic but if you increase the image size by about 5% in steps it can work quite well.

Don't forget that if it's big, people will usually stand further away so it needn't be perfect ?

If you are lucky and get a good sample of the AZ-GTI then it's a great mount, but the star adventurer is more consistent and works out if the box.

I love my AZ-GTI 😃

Many people use finder guiders successfully so I'd buy the finder guider adaptor and use the 120mm with it.

£900 😟 he said £500.

The 183 is a nice camera but suffers from amp glow, the cooling is only fan so not consistent . Might have to up the budget, go second hand route or try a modded DSLR ?

The ZWO should give better results (but mono) and you'll be able to use Firecapture or Sharpcap to control them.

I have seen great planetary images taken with a DSLR though ...

That's thermal noise on the sensor and probably out of focus. Practice focus in the day time.

Really nice 👍🏼 are you having to use much adjustment on the ADC at 42° ?

That's really nice Carole, the shark 🦈 pops out with the added data !

I would email @FLO to check stock as they all say 'usually 7-10 days' . Supply is very slow due to Covid.

Excellent thread here - https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/305296-sw-az-gti-mount-firmware-update/

Can be a bit hit and miss, best to read all the posts / you tube videos before attempting. Some have problems, some none.

All the best of luck (Mine went well)

Not sure but I think the hits are included in the box. Oh the ZWO website it shows how to achieve correct distance.

Nice ! well done.