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The Deep Sky Stack feature built into the SS is a great little utility, its enjoyable just to play around with, this is one from last nite that I stacked with it today. I am not sure if I can do a before / after, I will give it a look but I have a couple of things to do first.

And there are a lot of them.

A few more for my Stars Album

I get those messages when skies are a bit hazy or there is a bit of a breeze blowing from certain directions. But unless your skys are constantly like that you shouldn't get those messages ' most of the time ' ! You do get some good times though, right ?

A couple more from a not too bad sky !

I don't see much difference unless I stare for a while or maybe use a magnifying glass vs the hassles of using an EQ set up ! ZWO got it right and I think at a much better price, no wonder 98% of us have smiles on our faces, lol !

The 2" filter holder that I ordered from Oak Astro just arrived ! It works well, fits a little snug so I will sand it a bit, works well when the SS retracts as designed. I can hardly wait to try it with several of my 2" scope filters, even if they don't work it wll be fun experimenting. The filter shown is a Burgess CX - 4, may he RIP, a great astro builder !

Better take up golf, lol !

And 90% of the great objects are in the south quadrant so if it takes the horizon too high a SS'er will miss out on a high number of dso's ! In the summer Scorpius, Sagittarius, etc. and a lot that goes alongside them ! Hopefully not but ......... ?

As per another site we are having no luck in taking the North Star, Polaris ! It won't centre,in my case it seems to stay located in the upper left corner, if I manually centre it it returns to the upper left, if I try to enhance it from there it won't / can't take it ! Other have the same issue. Anyone over in your part of the world have any luck with Polaris ?

Before I spend the $'s I want to try the ones I have, I have a real assortment from my refractors ! I have a unique 2" Burgess X-4 that I am dying to try, first thing as the objects I want to try it with get high enough, early enough.

With ship. & tax about $300 C on Amazon !

Mizar and Alcor and its smaller binary star ! Skies were not very good, I shut down pretty early. I was lucky to get what I did. For those that wonder they are located in the bend in the handle of the Big Dipper ! Another one to add to my stars album !

M40, from the other night ! I love it, really !

I got rid of all my dobs years ago, now its refractors (10) only, lol ! From 60mm to 130mm, since the SS I am cutting back on them as well, plus my age (76), lol !