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Mr consistent Adam🙃 Lovely. Mick.

Thats lovely. I would have that hanging on my home wall. Mick.

Very nice nice indeed.A lot of Nebulosity has been captured here,and nicely processed. Mick.

Lovely Roy. Nice to see an image like this. Mick.

Echo the above Peter.Brilliant job. Mick.

Thanks Richard. Appreciate the comment. Mick.

Hi. I got 2hrs a couple of nights ago on Pickerings Wisp in Cygnus.I am still using a ccd camera,and the FOV cant compare to the latest cmos chips. However this was taken using dual scopes mounted on my EQ6 mount. I used a 102mm Apo + an Atik 314L+ to obtain 12 600 secs in H_Alpha at 12nm. I used a 70mm Apo + an Atik 320E to obtain 12x 600 secs in O111 at 12nm. Full calibration was carried out. DSS/APP and Photo-shop. Cheers. Mick.

Exerllent Adam. Spot on. Mick.

Nice one Carole,your really getting the hang of this processing. I,m not.(LOL) Mick.

Thanks Guys. Mick.

Thankyou Peter.

Hi taken last night the Eastern Veil,of the great Veil Nebulae. I used my Altair Astro 70mm Apo + a x0.8 Reducer/Flattener and an Atik 314L+ccd camera. This is a Bi Colour image of Ha for Red and O3 for both Green and Blue. Ha imaging time was 2hrs 30 mins in 10 minute subs.I then took 2hrs of O3 in 10 minute subs. Fully calibrated with Bias Darks and Flats. Mick.

Wow. That is good Peter. Mick.

Ordered a scope from AA yesterday morning.Arrived this morning. Exerllent service from Altair Astro.

Thanks Michael,i did not take calibration frames,and the chip temp was 21c. Appreciate this. Mick.

This is just a sample of 6x600 secs with my 1100D camera at ISO 400. To-wards the top you can see 3 seperate lines in RGB colour. I took these in APT and is the first time i have seem them. Any ideas what is causing this. Cheers. Mick.

Hi. I grabbed an hour after midnight last night on the edge on Galaxy NGC5907 in Draco. I used my ED 102 F7 with a x0.8 reducer and canon 1100D to capture subs of 120 secs at iso 400. No calibration frames were taken. Skies were clear but not really dark until after midnight. Got a bit tired so packed in around 1am. Mick.

Great. Thanks for that. Mick.

Thanks for your help guys. Mick.

Can no one help with this. Mick.

Hi. I hope someone can help with this. Once my target has passed the Meridian,i instruct the mount to do a flip. I tick the little box in the EQMOD park to home panel,but it just slews back to the West. Even when the target is well passed the Meridian,it still wont flip,the box is still ticked. What am i doing wrong. Cheers. Mick.

Hi Tedbert. I,m glad its worked out for you.I have proberbly been impatient and not willing to learn the correct process. Mick.(Dont know what SIRIL is?

No Not a single one. Anyway its back with the dealer,and i,m nearly a grand better off🤗

Hi. Perhaps it is,but just have no love for this camera,or indeed cmos. Its a shame that the traditional ccd cameras are still rather expensive. Mick.

Hi Guys. I appreciate all your imput,but have binned it,cant be doing with all this trying to sort things. Back to my trusty 314L+ and filters. Never fails. But again thanks. Mick.