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Sweet, now encouraged to get my 200PDS out and do some deep sky imaging 😃

Hi Tony, Nice setup 😃 Yes I know what you mean about hogging resources, thats why I have the partition. I have a 1TB SSD for the Mac side and a 512GB Flash for the windows side, "and never the twain shall meet" Just a matter of a reboot in the widows side and you can use all your CPU, GPU & Ram to your hearts content. I generally transfer my data to a USB stick and do my post processing from the computer after the session is done. Pat

Forgot to mention I also run VMWare Fusion 13.5 on the Mac side. Which you can now run for free with a personal licence, installs easily, and runs within the Mac environment , like any other app. Pat

Hi Tony, There are several options for Mac users, I have several I use for different reasons. On the Mac side, I run ASIStudio, which has a built in FIT viewer as well as a Stacker, I find the M1 version runs better than the intel version. I also have PixInsight which is a crazy bit of software and take some time getting to grips with, but the finished product is better than any other software I've tried. The only caveat with PixInsight that it can takes up to 10 hours ( or less) depending on what you are processing , your processor speed and so on. I have my 27" intel iMac partition and run windows 10 on that, I have this option as I run windows based games from that partition (4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7- Radeon Pro 580 8 GB- 64 GB 2400 MHz DDR4) On the Windows partition I run Deep Sky Stacker, which I find is the fastest of all the other options. On the M3 iMac I also run Asistudio, and that processes very quickly. You can find an extensive list of Mac software Here Hope that helps a bit. Pat

Found this interesting video on YouTube, guy turned his old Caravan into a Roll off Obs What do you think ? Link

Welcome to SGL, glad to have you 😂

Nice shot, manually as well, impressive.

Got my first real clear night last night, but wasn't feeling great, so only got a couple of hours in, typical..... You have Steeple Leaze Farm close by, supposed to be a lovely spot 🤔

Hi @All I don't know about you, but this Winter and Spring has been the worst weather I've had for Astronomy in years. Anyone getting any clear nights any other part of Dorset? This is typical in my neck of the woods -->

Lovely Pic lee, I'm not that Fram from you ( Dorset) and wish my skies were like that. Very nice work. Pat

Interesting, wonder what the price range will be on the Asiair 2600 duo air🤔

Welcome JP You have landed in the right place. Best Astronomy forum on the net, lots of different sections to help you on your journey. If you can get the family hooked, that’s Galveston the journey. Manual for that mode is Here

Computer: Late 2017 27" iMac - 4.2GHz i7 Quad Core - 64GB DDR4 - Radeon Pro 580 8GB Early 2024 -24" iMac M3 - 16GB Ram- 500GB Flash, ASIStudio, Software: PixInsight, Siril, Photoshop, Topaz Labs, ASIStudio, QuickFits, I find large files are Graphic and Processor heavy, especially using PixInsight and ASIStudio, I have other Macs, but I tend to use this 2 for my Post Processing.

Welcome to SGL Lovely looking 🐈

Hi Paul, Great in-depth video, glad you got to shoot the Aurora. I've been chasing it for years in Scotland, but so far have not managed to get a look in. Your video has encouraged me to pull the trigger on take my chase to Norway. All the best.

I like it 🤗 What is your setup?

Very nice 👍 I love the almost 3d depth and feel.

Nice pic, would be interesting to learn about your work Flow Pat

Many thanks for this 👍

Dorset get my vote 😃

Welcome, This is the best Astronomy forum online hands down, so you will do well here.

Ghost in the Machine 😄

Well, you were spot on there Ouroboros, Saved me a lot of head scratching. Much appreciated Thanks

Actually, I am using a 500gb memory stick, I will remove my Light files and format it I will try shooting the dark library on the internal storage and see if I get the same results, that should eliminate the USB as the culprit. Thanks

I’ve tried several different devices, all are pretty new and quite fast, I’ve even tied android devices. With the same result, My next step will be the software, I will try different versions, I am leaning more to this as the issue as I’ve just started getting lots of issues when I deleted my old dark library and started a new one. (see attached pic) Also horizontal lines across the bias frames, some frames coming out white, some with lines and very few decent ones, same with the darks, set of 100 darks, 1-20 fine, then 21-70 blank, then 72 ok, then the rest white. Not sure if this is related ,or if my 3 month old camera is on the blink, will be spending the today trouble shooting. Thanks for your suggestions.