Anthonyexmouth

Yeah, I liked that 3d model plugin for NINA but it seems to have gone. Be nice to have it back in some form. I'll give it a go.

Anyone here using this? Considered giving it a go during the summer nights as less to lose. Any issues installing it alongside EQMOD?

Ah, the cooling test in the review didn't really criticise the QHY, just happened to say the ZWO was able to get a little further below ambient than the QHY. What temp do you usually run the 26c at?

I did see a ZWO QHY comparison and although only a single sample of each the ZWO was consistantly able to cool better but I think that was the only thing. I was really tempted by the RC version after seeing Cuiv using one but wasnt sure if I'd get hammered on import duty.

Duo chip sounds nice but would want to see how the guiding copes with a dual band filter in front of it. Whats the 26c lacking to make it £600 cheaper? Or is ZWO just taking the P now they've trapped so many into the ASIair ecosystem?

The warm up in nina/APt and such doesn't actually warm it it, it gradually adjusts the cooling to allow a nice slow warm up. If its a warm summer night just switching off from -15/20 can cause a bit of a shock.

Has anyone seen a good comparison for these 2 cameras? I've seen a few comparing the ASI to QHY but none directly comparing the ZWO to AA. On the face of it it's hard to justify the additional £600+ for the ZWO. Anyone know a good reason to spend the extra?

yeah, i popped into FLO a couple fo weeks ago, its getting a new mainboard

I checked all that. It's a permanent setup, just stopped working. I dropped it into flo this afternoon.

Pretty sure this is a return to ZWO situation but asking here anyway. My 294mc pro won't connect, red light comes on but fan doesn't start up and no usb connection in nina or device manager. Sent my 290mc for repair last year and was fast and quite cheap, anyone sent an out of warranty 294 back and what did it cost?

My latest play around with processing some of my Horsehead data, trying out GHS in Pixinsight. Loving my SM90, just need to swap out the 294mc for something with an IMX571 sensor.

PS reports it as an RGB 16 bit image, can't find where LR reports it.

I have LR set to my custom ICC profile, or is that something different?

Thanks, I'll try that myself later.

Working on a Horsehead image and wondering if anyone can tell me if there's a process in Pixinsight that can help me bring more contrast and colour into the dust below the horsehead. If I boost the curves it's there but it blows out everytrhing else. I tried a range mast and inverting it but couldn't get that to work. May not be possible but wanted to see if anyone had any technique they might suggest. Horse_ABE.tif

I don't know really. It's just LR has a nice representation of the layout with borders in the print module. I've zero experience with PS and only slightly more with LR. If I knew how to use PS I'd probably do a little post in there too but clueless on its workings.

Thanks, Any idea on odd LR vs PS issue?

Switch mode is fine. 99% of setups out there are using one. Edit: Also worth considering more than 5A rating. Start adding dew bands or other accessories and you'll soon need more. Cheaper to invest now in something that'll grow with you.

Ok, hoping some lightroom or PS nerds are out there for this. I tried printing an image in lightroom but the colours printed were nothing like the screen and it was super blotchy and harsh transitions. had the correct custom ICC profile. Was getting very disillusioned with the whole thing and decided to have one more go with PS, completely identical settings but totally different print. colours on screen almost identical to print. Any ideas? I'd like to use LR as its easier to frame and border the image, at least it is for me with very very little LR or PS knowledge. PS left - LR Right. I highlighted the blotchy area. Really harsh blue

Seems too close in price to a well respected and well built PSU. I've always used Nevada units and never had a single issue. https://www.nevadaradio.co.uk/product/nevada-psw-30h/ As someone else said, the clue is in the word "cheap"

New to the printing of my images and wondering if I should be saving as 16bit or 32bit Tiff. When I save as 32bit the image is super over exposed when I open in lightroom or PS but 16bit looks similar to the image in Pixinsight. Any hints on how I should be doing it?

I wish they'd made a good after market wedge for the HEQ5

Anyone here know of a decent looking bracket I can mount under my dovetail so I can mount my asi290 looking forward to use as an all sky cam when imaging? Yes, i could use a little metal bracket from B&Q but wondered if there was anything a little nicer looking and made for the job.

Reading this has made me realise why I've probably never suffered with damp under my cover, I'm on a raised deck with the pier block and column isolated from it. Got 250 between the deck and the ground below so plenty of airflow and no moisture to evaporate up. I clad my pier in some reeds, change it every couple of years, thought it would be better than flaky paint to manage.

You can get a cheap set of extenders on amazon and then tweak the distance with delrin rings