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A few years ago when I used the PST mod, small chip camera and the permanent mount I used The Sky mosaic function to automatically do the panes with a 20% overlap. I did 15 sec captures and joined them either using Photomerge in PS or ICE. If that failed I did sometimes e mail them to a friend who had autopan giga (£££££) and if that did not sort it nothing else would. Not sure this helps you.

I think I have a motor like that somewhere. My Eddy is so ancient it only has one speed focuser 😃

For the portable rig Sharpcap and a finder and old cam I rigged up for the purpose. For the home pier/mount Sharpcap then drift aligned a good while ago, maybe 2 years.

Thanks Need to be quicker with the panes.

Thanks. I needed to be a bit quicker with the panes(9-5 image) I also need to fit an electric focuser to Eddy if I carry on using him for Cak.

Ha with Lunt 60mm and D/S Cak with ED 80 Lunt filter 3 panes Do the clicky thing for full res.

I have the bluetooth dongle and have had to uninstall it and reinstall it on occasion. Check it has assigned a com port # that ascom will recognise, IIRC mine assigned it as com port 30 but ascom/eqmod only goes up to 16, I could wrong on the actual numbers .

Ha defeated by the cloud today. 3 pane 80mm Cak sol. Click for full res.

Ha with Lunt 60mm and D/S Cak with ED 80 Lunt filter 3 panes Do the clicky thing for full res.

Thanks Ken. Hope you get some clear soon.

Vixen 80mm Chameleon cam

Fun and games in the sun once more Lunt 6omm with Richfield D/S using the Chameleon cam for the larger prom I used the Vxen 80 mm f11 with the Richfield D/S unit. Do the clicky thing for full res

Its in Ha with a lunt 60mm

So this is what was messing up my imaging last night. Eddie the 80 &ZWO178C again 3 panes this time as Mr B was just a tad too big to fit in. reduced to 75% Do the clicky thing for full res

Clouds pulled away late afters but was still windy giving varible seeing conditions Lunt 6omm with Richfield D/S using the Chameleon cam for the larger prom images I used the Vxen 80 mm f11 with the Richfield D/S unit. Do the clicky thing for full res.

its still there well it would be if that bit of cloud would do the decent thing

As you all know I don't do the moon go on give it a click or 3

Used the Lunt for the discs and the Vixen at f10 for the prom might need a few clicks to get full res

Yes I do I first run the select brighter stars then increase the size to fit using select modify and then run the reduce star size action maybe even up to 3 times. i also use select brighter stars then increse size again and up the saturation for some nice colourful stars

If you have a better method please let me know.

basic workflow is Align and stack in APP I use the APP to produce the RGB image I also use light pollution removal and calibrate background sometimes. I save as a linear image 32 bit tiff(turn off the stuff down the right hand side, the DDP stretch etc) In ps covert to 16 bit using adjustments mode 16 bit exposure and gamma layer - new adjustment layer -threshhold anfd using the eyedropper sample tool select the darkest and lightest points delete that layer using levels balance the colours reduce star size stretch using levels and curves might run gradex as a layer and blend in if the unfriendly streetlamp/moon etc is in play light noise removal using topaz labs (others work as well) Bring in the L process as above except colour balance do a bit of sharpening copy L as a layer using luminosity final sharpening and noise removal celebrate or drown sorrows with a beer.

I have been layering the L on top of the RGB in PS at about 90%.

I wonder the same and have been stacking the LRGB in APP. it really showed up when I did the RGB's at 300 and the L's 600s and I thought that in APP the L was overwhelming the rgb and then I was having to increase the saturation rather a lot to get any colour coming through. I now stack and align them in APP and combine the RGB image and keep the L separate and combining after processing in PS.

BC with the way I feel today.