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some anomaly going on with bright stars but a good start

Probably not a lot it can’t do @jager945 Startools developer could tell you if there’s anything it can’t do that pi or ps can do

+1 for Startools

I use a qhy mini guidescope 130mm fl with a 200pds not had any problems with flexure , though Williams optics just released a mini guide scope too , maybe oag better at a longer fl can’t see your guidescope being a problem .

I believe the total rms needs ideally to be under 1 your at 2.25 , check pa and balance , go east heavy on balance , run the guiding assistant before guiding on your target , post your phd2 guide log on another thread others may be able to help Hone your settings , how do stars look if they’re round then yay 👍, try and stick to one target and get at least 4hrs of data your images will look less noisy try and get 12hrs on a target , well done getting a clear sky 👍 and well done imaging a good nights work .

I have bought a few items over the years good seller never had a problem they were the first supplier i ever saw with BST eyepieces , been tradiny for quite a few years .

That’s an excellent capture well done

Could be at kelling maybe, Andy still does it as far as I’m aware or there’s Juan Fierros at https://www.cheapastrophotography.com

I wouldn’t worry camera needs connection then you will find all is well , I pa first then take an image say 5 sec using shoot button setting iso at 1600 , blind solve from home position, some say not to and move scope to another part of sky , I never really had a problem personally, sync mount then use the objects via go to++ making sure the sync coordinates are in the re/dec box on go to++ before choosing your target then choose target and watch the magic happen , platesolving is magic go to++ is even better it leaves target on the centre and if you need to move centre to suit use the aim button then you can save those coordinates as a custom target for net time .

You may find this helpful https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/334568-setting-up-platesolving-in-astrophotography-tool-apt/ I would highly recommend platesolving in Apt and use Astap option to platesolve takes seconds much faster than other solver I have used .

I put ssd as master and hdd as slave 👍

Yes your correct in bringing it to the attention of others 👍I added a ssd drive to mine too never had the need for a disc since most stuff required can be downloaded off the net , simple to do even if your not a technical type you can never have to much hard drive space when imaging .

You can set a park command in apt , set a second line of exposures with 0 sec exposure use the park command in script editor , so end of imaging plan scope will park 👍 you can tell if it’s correct as second line will have an apostrophe next to line 2, nice write up of your journey btw .

I wanted to have the sensor cleaned on my canon 500D , a quick email to skears photographic in Northampton http://www.skearsphoto.com/ was swiftly replied with the cost £30 , I dropped it off and waited a week due to COVID-19 and camera being quarantined for three days first , picked up with a service report highlighting a mark on sensor, on pictures there was a black speck I thought was dirt , camera pictures nice and clean otherwise, would recommend.

Not bright enough possibly ,what is your setup, camera ,scope etc what length was exposure what was histogram showing

Well done winners 👍

I use the deepskydad power hub2 https://deepskydad.com/dchub2

I had an omni then I picked up a tal 2x Barlow ,tbh didn’t notice any difference in image quality the omni was ok I would keep it .

Super image 👍 well done

Sailboat cluster approx 4hrs - Tecnosky 70Q- 350mm Fl -Nikon D5300- 120sec subs

For those that dither with a dslr what calibration frames do you take , currently I take flats and bias and use bias as darks too , as bias signal needs to be taken from flats I assume , and load bias as darks as I’ve read that in previous threads before but what do others do , stacking in dss .

Me neither

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Discord is like a real-time thread you can’t really search forum questions the usual way basically you post a question and hope someone answers it , personally I don’t like this discord type forum .

I asked this question to Ivo his answer. Site Admin Unread post Thu May 07, 2020 2:34 pm Hi Dave, James, It is possible to add one button in the Advanced GoTo (Shift + Click on GoTo) that pre-loads the Zenith coordinates. The Altitude is clear 90 or -90. But how to determine the safe Azimuth? Clear skies, Ivo Quote