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I am not sure that it’s for third parties to control the advice given as it’s from experienced imagers who have been there and done it. I would just say that it always know youkits limitations as it’s easy to get frustrated and perhaps not stay in a wonderful time travelling adventure with the bonus of beautiful images. Good Luck for future endeavours Charming Potato👍😄

Great advice Carole having started with DSLRs myself , Roger

Perhaps we should start glueing ourtselves to Rockets , OH WAIT no that woudn`t be a great idea.... Roger

Same as Betamax / VHS video tapes , cassette tapes et al. The price of progress. Roger

Reprocessed using starless images and add reduced RGB stars at the end with tweaks here and there. Same data. Dec. 10, 2021 Capture Details --------------- ATIK BLUE: 8x300" (40') -15C bin 2x2 ATIK GREEN: 9x300" (45') -15C bin 2x2 Atik Luminance 1.25: 8x600" (1h 20') -15C bin 1x1 Atik RED: 9x300" (45') -15C bin 2x2 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 24x900" (6h) -15C bin 1x1 Integration: 9h 30' Flats: 9 Flat darks: 12 Bias: 10Avg. Moon age: 4.67 daysAvg. Moon phase: 25.49% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00 Roger

On the far left. Roger Comet 13 June.mp4

Imaged from 15th to 22nd of June in about 3 sessions. Updated the image with much better stars. Equipment --------------------- Imaging Telescopes William Optics Redcat 51 Imaging Cameras Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Filters Baader Blue · Baader H-alpha 35nm · Baader O-III 4.5nm · Baader Red · Baader S-II 4.5nm Software Adobe Photoshop · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Eagle3s Control unit. Acquisition details --------------------------------- Frames: Baader H-alpha 35nm: 26x900" (6h 30') -15°C bin 1x1 Baader O-III 4.5nm: 23x300" (1h 55') -15°C bin 2x2 Baader S-II 4.5nm : 20x300" (1h 40') -15°C bin 2x2 Baader Red: 14x300" (1h 10') -15°C bin 2x2 Baader Blue: 13x300" (1h 5') -15°C bin 2x2 Integration:12h 20' Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Roger

Dear Rob , I also have that camera and have imaged with Carole and Know how good she is with it , I also have a Canon 1000d that I got from an Astro friend for £100 and intend to use it again in near future , although I did pay full price £2100 for the Atik460 ex and agree and sympathise with you, regards, Roger

Scope William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor Astrograph Telescope - RED v1.5 Imaging Cameras Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm · ATIK GREEN · Atik RED · ATIK BLUE Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates:May 14, 2022 Frames: ATIK BLUE: 12x300" (1h) -15°C bin 2x2 ATIK GREEN: 13x300" (1h 5') -15°C bin 2x2 Atik RED: 13x300" (1h 5') -15°C bin 2x2 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 13x900" (3h 15') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:6h 25' Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:12.88 days Avg. Moon phase:96.04% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor Astrograph Telescope - RED v1.5 · Altair Astro Lightwave 66ED-R Imaging Cameras Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates:May 9, 2022 Frames: Baader Ha3.5 nm: 15x900" (3h 45') -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Oiii 4nm: 19x600" (3h 10') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:6h 55' Darks:16 Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:7.84 days Avg. Moon phase:54.82% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

Scopes William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor Astrograph Telescope - RED v1.5 · Altair Astro Lightwave 66ED-R Imaging Cameras QHYCCD 183 Cooled Color · Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC · baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates:April 25, 2022 Frames: Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC: 37x600" (6h 10') (gain: 16.00) -20°C bin 1x1 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 21x900" (5h 15') -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Oiii 4nm: 22x600" (3h 40') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:15h 5' Darks:20 Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:24.25 days Avg. Moon phase:28.40% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

Scopes William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor Astrograph Telescope - RED v1.5 Imaging Cameras Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters Baader Ha3.5 nm · ATIK GREEN · Atik RED · ATIK BLUE Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates:April 1, 2022 Frames: ATIK BLUE: 14x600" (2h 20') -15°C bin 1x1 ATIK GREEN: 14x600" (2h 20') -15°C bin 1x1 Atik RED: 14x600" (2h 20') -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 16x900" (4h) -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:11h Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:0.23 days Avg. Moon phase:0.06% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

Scopes William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor Astrograph Telescope - RED v1.5 Imaging Cameras Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader SII 1,25" 4.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm · ATIK GREEN · ATIK BLUE Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates:March 24, 2022 · March 25, 2022 Frames: ATIK BLUE: 24x600" (4h) -15°C bin 1x1 ATIK GREEN: 23x600" (3h 50') -15°C bin 1x1 Atik RED: 600x26" (4h 20') -16°C bin 1x1 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 58x900" (14h 30') -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Oiii 4.5nm 1.25: 19x600" (3h 10') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:29h 50' Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:21.90 days Avg. Moon phase:52.61% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

Scopes William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor - RED v1.5 · Altair Astro Lightwave 66ED-R Imaging Cameras QHYCCD 183 Cooled Color · Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC · baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader SII 1,25" 4.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates: Feb. 25, 2022 Frames: Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC: 70x600" (11h 40') -20°C bin 1x1 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 32x900" (8h) -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Oiii 4.5nm 1.25: 30x600" (5h) -15°C bin 1x1 Baader SII 1,25" 4.5nm: 28x600" (4h 40') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:29h 20' Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:23.83 days Avg. Moon phase:32.44% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Scopes William Optics RedCat 51 APO Apochromatic Quadruplet Refractor - RED v1.5 · Altair Astro Lightwave 66ED-R Imaging Cameras QHYCCD 183 Cooled Color · Atik 460EX Mono Mounts Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan Filters Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC · baader Oiii 3.5nm · Baader SII 1,25" 4.5nm · Baader Ha3.5 nm Accessories Aurora Eurotech Flat Panel · QHYCCD PoleMaster Software PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended · Astro Photography Tool Guiding Cameras Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 ED Acquisition details Dates: Feb. 25, 2022 Frames: Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC: 70x600" (11h 40') -20°C bin 1x1 Baader Ha3.5 nm: 32x900" (8h) -15°C bin 1x1 Baader Oiii 4.5nm 1.25: 30x600" (5h) -15°C bin 1x1 Baader SII 1,25" 4.5nm: 28x600" (4h 40') -15°C bin 1x1 Integration:29h 20' Flats:16 Flat darks:16 Avg. Moon age:23.83 days Avg. Moon phase:32.44% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:5.00 Roger

Why so many Darks, i have always heard and thought that anything over 16 you dont gain anything more in calibration , interested to see an image with 16 Darks to compare. Nice image, either way. Roger

Great image, do you have to collimate the Tak Epsilon much? Roger

Nice one Nigella , nice and high you will have a great FOV,what camera do yu intend to use? Roger

Yes best to start with Binos 10x50`s will suffice, Roger

Cool idea , but i wont tell you what my nephew said he thought mine looks like when i imaged it Roger

Nice , is that guider carbon fibre as it has that appearance? Roger

Hope you have as much fun as I have imaging/ Observing , Roger

Primalucelab is a good company i have the clamp and its really well made,spent way too much with them, Roger

Yes i got that spot as well yesterday , i also now use a power adapter, Roger