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  1. Taken tonight using my OM-1, 300mm f/4, ISO2000, 41x 10 sec Lights, 11 x 10sec Darks. Processed in APP and PI. Cropped quite a bit.
  2. Had another go tonight. Better conditions. This is 74 x 10sec shots using the Benro Polaris mount. Used my OM-1 , 300mm f/4, ISO 2000. The mount tracks very well.
  3. No adaptations are needed for the Benro. The Skywatcher Star Adventurer is a lot cheaper and does a great job. It was the very first tracking mount I got about 10 years ago and I was using an EM-5 back then. The only thing is it needs to be polar aligned first and that means you have to be down on your knees to look through the polar scope. After a while, that became something that put me off from using it. But otherwise it does a good job.
  4. Tracks in equatorial. It doesn't need Polar alignment it does a single-star alignment at the moment but 2 star is promised. Although I always start with it pointing roughly North out of habit.
  5. Yes, the mount does do tracking. I am taking it one step at a time and will up the exposure time in stages to see where the star elongation cuts in. I have tried my 300mm lens (600mm FF equivalent) and using that I still get round stars at 10 sec. So will go to 20 secs next. Just need clear skies as the clouds have heard I have a new toy so they come out to look😀
  6. Sold all my astro gear earlier this year and have now gone back to basics. This image of M31 was taken using my OM-1 camera with 40-150mm f/2.8 lens + MC-14 teleconverter so an effective focal length 210mm. (420mm FF equivalent). F/4. 153 x 10-sec lights at ISO 8000. plus 10 Darks. Used a Benro Polaris mount on my cheapo camera tripod. Setup time 2 mins!
  7. Having sold all my astro gear I couldn't resist trying an alternative approach to getting a deep sky object from a fixed cheapo tripod. This image was taken using my OM-1 camera with a 300mm F/4 lens at ISO20000 47 exposures processed in APP. Each exposure 0.6 secs.
  8. This Astro “Mount” has been shipping for a while. Anybody got one or tried one? For portable Astro photography it has some interesting features.
  9. Thanks @StevieDvd for the info. I do have the preferences set the same and it does check for updates on start up. The difference is my repositories are at version 1.8.9-0 Tried adding the new version but it won't take it. So finally delete existing installation and do a complete fresh install. - Success! It downloaded 16 updates after doing the fresh install and my repositories are now at 1.8.9.1. Will now have a look at the comet alignment tool. Thanks for the help.
  10. Can someone tell me what the script is called so I can do a search.
  11. Not appeared on my system. I am running the latest version (I think). I am on a M Mac so that might be the issue as it runs under Rosetta.
  12. Is this new comet registration tool available to download?
  13. Just a word of caution these supplies are designed to work indoors and certainly not out in the open. So if you are using it in an observatory then fine, but even then I would be very concerned about dew forming. Ideally it should be in a waterproof box. 240V and water don't mix well!
  14. Looks like a serious piece of kit. But, at 33lbs (15KG) the head is just not practical for nightly setup and take down. If I ever get a permanent site then I would be very tempted.
  15. The History window tab is designed to solve your problem. Can show it by selecting it from the top menu Window - History If you have it open it shows a new entry after every adjustment you do. The bottom one is the latest. To go back to the previous state simply click on the history step above. You can go back as many steps as you want. A lot astronomy actions do many individual steps so they add quite a few entries in the history list.
  16. Think using a DSLR hand held with a telephoto lens and in built image stabilisation would be a lot easier, but not such a technical challenge. If you use a M43 camera you have the benefit of a 2x crop factor. This was taken with my Olympus M43 EM1mk2 with 300mm + 1.4TC ( 840mm Full Frame equivalent)
  17. Single shot hand held.
  18. Watched them both and was very impressed. The presenter is excellent. The last does leave an unanswered question though. What is "The Great Attracter' and what are its coordinates?
  19. I actually now use APP more than PI. APP has just released Version 2 (Beta1), it is so quick and easy to use.
  20. Had a quick look there is not enough data to, get any detail out of bodes. You also have a lot of light pollution so certainly need to use darks and flats.
  21. I downloaded your jpg and had a quick play in PS. (I am no expert) I used the Camera Raw Filter to adjust Clarity, DeHaze and the adjusted the curve settings for the darks and Shadows. Not sure its what you were hoping for but there is certainly more detail in the outer glow area now. Would get a lot more if starting with the original files. The data is definitely there! If you willing to share all the source files on dropbox I would be happy to give it a go.
  22. Total of 2 hours integration time. HD925 + ASI1600 MM. LHaRGB.
  23. Made the most of the good weather and changed to my HD925 last night.
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