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Ahh, OK that makes sense. I just thought with the little script that is on there I wouldn't have to edit that file. Will dig into it properly when I'm back from tour  Thanks!

Hmm, that may just swing it then if the dev is on here I'm currently struggling to get Astroberry to even connect to my home network! haha I'm heading away for a few days though so I'm hoping my subconscious will provide the solution for me  Are there any advantages to having Stellarmate over Astroberry? 

Has anyone here tested all three of these and if so which one did you end up settling with...?
I was originally thinking of the ASIAir but am leaning away from it as I'm not too sure about how many other cameras it supports and I also don't have an ipad/tablet.
Astroberry looks pretty cool and it's free but I'm struggling a bit with the setup (will get there in the end though)
I've not tried stellarmate at all but it looks pretty good and for $50 for the OS it's much better value than having to buy another Raspberry pi if I go down the ASIAir route...

Anyone got any pointers on either of them? I really want to get rid of my slow old laptop that sits outside when imaging and just get everything nice and neat

Thanks in advance!

Clear skies

I know it's not ideal but I took some flats this evening and added them to the stack and then did a complete reprocess in photoshop... Fair amount of difference although the final histogram isn't great so I'm sure I've made some mistakes and cropped out some data somewhere along the way. I'm happier with the final image though

24subs @30seconds, ISO 400, 10 Darks, 10 Bias, 19 flats. Nikon D5000, 130PDS, HEQ5 Pro.

Well this is the final version for now... 24 subs of 30 seconds each at ISO 400, 10 Darks & 10 Bias. 

Yeah the focussing is definitely slightly off, it was live view focussed. Not too far off but definitely off! Thanks for the tip, I'll up it to 600 or 800 for the next session.

So this is a completely unprocessed image from last night. Having some difficulty stacking and processing at the moment so thought I'd post this as a teaser for now. Not bad for the first image from my new equipment!

130PDS, HEQ5 Pro, Nikon D5000, 30 second Sub ISO 400

I ended up taking 35 subs, 10 darks and 10 bias frames but as I mentioned I'm struggling with the stacking process at the moment so will take a while to get the final image.

M32 in Orion

Clear skies!