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Dunno. The OP didn't have any success. Maybe they would if there were more of them? Worth a try? Cheers

Hi. I think you'll need longer. This is with our 700d on 130pds but using 300s exposures. Cheers and good luck.

Hi A good way to learn different approaches is watch someone's TeamViewer session. Not so good when they then expect you to switch cameras at 03:30!

Hi How about one of these for the planets? Then use it in a guide scope for your deepsky frames. Either get your d90 fixed or a cheap eBay canon? Cheers and HTH

Hi. Details in the OP. The camera is on a fast reflector. It doesn't need guiding -30s frames- but must be tracking. We guided anyway as phd2 gives us access to its rather nice spiral dither. HTH

Hi. A Canon 450d. It's astro modified but for stars, I don't think it need be. HTH

Hi everyone More ideas of what to image at full moon. Stars! You can do loads in a single session. Almost satisfied with the colour. Please tell me how wrong I am with this one. canon 450d + es f3.9: 30m @ ISO400

Hi. Same on my 130pds. Easiest way is to saw off 10mm of the inner focuser barrel where it enters the light path. HTH.

Hi everyone. With last night's moon and an intermittent haze to contend with, this seemed one of the few targets we thought may work. Thanks for looking and I suppose the moral of the session is don't give up just because there's a moon;) 450d on Bresser 150 ~80 minutes @ ISO400

Hi. Yes that's fine, the disadvantage is that you either need to be there or set another plan to execute. It was one of the reasons we went INDI last year. At the time, anything reasonably priced in windows didn't have auto-flip.

Hi. Platesolve will get you to the target. Autoguide will keep it there. HTH

In APT it's called PointCraft. You take an image and the program will tell the mount exactly where it's pointing, update stellarium and generally relieve the trial and error tedium. Use it once and you'll never go back to anything else;) HTH and gets you automated. Cheers and clear skies.

Hi I'm assuming you have eqmod in which case you simply lose the hand controller. APT does automatic meridian flip but I don't know whether it will do an anticipated flip and then do either a cw-up track on the other side or wait for the object to catch up'. If your camera is to crash into the mount, the best way to be sure no harm is done is to stop the plan, wait for the object to pass say 15 minutes past the meridian, then platesolve and restart the plan on the other side. You can follow the progress across the meridian in stellarium. Then consider a mount extension to eliminate the possibility of the crash and in so doing get back to automated peace-of-mind- flip whilst you sleep:) Cheers and HTH.

Are they in high enough orbit to be visible at times when we're likely imaging?

Thanks for the comments. It was the halo [1] around that darn star which was the main problem. Individual frames show almost nothing in the surroundings but stacking does its job perfectly by bringing out the faint glow. In the end, it was GIMP's burn and dodge which came to the rescue. Cheers and clear skies. [1] Although most nights here are clear, being close to the coast we are dependent upon the airflow. Anything with an easterly component throws up haze, so a globular cluster with a foreground star was a poor choice for the imaging session.

Hi everyone This would be easy to process were it not for the alnitak-like fg star and was tempted by the layer mask route... Not sure we've got away with its taming, but have to love these type of clusters. Getting marginally better with each one. Maybe! Tips on your way with globulars most gratefully received. Thanks for looking and clear skies. 700d on 250p ~90m @ ISO800

Hi Does it have/have you attached a lens? If not it will be your telescope which does that job. Until the light is focused upon the sensor, what you describe is all that you'll see. Cheers and HTH.

Hi. If that puts the OP overbudget, there's a clone for around €90 for the colour verson. I have the mono version and alongside the zwo120, it's performance is identical. If you want to do deep sky too, just get something easy to cope with e.g. an eos 450d which has nice big light hugging pixels. HTH

CQ350 That dovetail clamp perched atop the electric connectors box doesn't inspire rigidity...

Tried with green but even the slightest touch gave it a mauve tint. This is with the red... and a side by side with this one...

Hi. Yeah. Should have kept one as a reference and used the same box to process the others. Tried the colour on my phone but nada. Gonna have a go side by side when I can get to a decent size screen.

This was an interesting comparison. We had 3 reflectors this weekend; 750mm, 812mm and 1200mm. The same target with each. Not an easy project when you see Scorpio and Sagitarius up for grabs whilst you're still only half way through! The aim was to try and keep everything the same. Looking at the colour, it's anything but:( Ah well... Thanks for looking and clear skies to all. ------- -------

Hi. Lovely shot. I had a go at the brighter stars. You also captured m4, just right of alpha:) Cheers

Hi. Good luck and do post your shot:)