Ronclarke

I have downloaded Adobe Camera Raw but for the life of me I can't get it to appear /run in CS6??

Any help would be much appreciated please?

Ron 

I had one of those last Monday night but having learnt a bit, Tuesday night was a lot more fruitful!!

Ron

If you struggle with PHD 2 give PHD 1.4 a try, it's almost bomb proof!!

Had mine a while now, great bit of kit!!

Ron

APT is the best program, I'm sorry you don't get on with it but I use the FB page to learn and use it myself!

Have you tried Batch stacking?

3 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Ron, wow 89 imaged in under one year, I'm in awe...!! I set myself the goal of getting an image of as many of the Messiers as I can and so far have imaged the same number 89/110, but it has taken me over 6 years.....!! I hope to add a few more galaxies in the coming couple of months, but getting close to the 110 will be a few years yet and some I'll probably never be able to image, at least not from my home observatory.

I.m hoping to get 100 if I can, some can't be seen from the UK. I struggled with M41 and got part of the obsy wall in as well!!

Good luck with your count!!

Ron

I set myself the challenge of photographing as many Messier's in a year as I can, March 31st 2019 to march 31 2020.

I have imaged 89 so far, some good some not so good but an image all the same! Some I had to check with Astrometry.com! It's made my last year interesting and at times challenging for sure.

Good luck

Ron

+1 for APT from me as well, been using it for ages with no problems at all. watch for the updates and check it up on FB as well!

Ron

I also use one of these and have no problem getting focus, highly recommended! 😀

I fitted a Moonlite focuser directly onto my ED80, everything lined up but I also had to sand of some excess black paint in the tube assembly.

Cheers

Ron

Great image and a testimony to a good scope !! 😀

That should be enough! 

What power supply are you using?

I went for a Moonlite, 2 reasons, 2 accessory shoes and rotation! Never looked back!!

Photo might help get some answers?

I have a spare angled viewer with the adaptor as I now use the iPolar and app if you're interested??

One of the screws has snapped off but it works just as well with the 2 remaining screws.

PM me if you're interested..

Ron

A quick partial M45, very misty and cold!!

13 x 300s +Flats and darks

ED80 CCD NEQ6 guided and dithered in APT

The Altair Astro 0.8 Flattener/Reducer is made for the ED80, I've used one for at least 4 years!

https://www.altairastro.com/lightwave-0.8x-reducer.html

Ron

Well set up and aligned OK, pointed towards Capella and using APT's Focus Aid and Batinov Aid I focused spot on using the IR cut filter. When I changed the filter for the AA Tri bander and found it really difficult to focus anywhere near as good as with the IR cut filter! Is this normal with NB type filters?? There was a Full Moon tonight just to help matters!!

Ron

Check out a Flattener/reducer from Altair Astro. That are also cheaper than the SW version.

Ron

DSS is usually just for stacking your images, Pixinsight or Photoshop is for processing them (in general!!)#

Good images both!!

Ron

That's an amazing image, very well done!! 👍

You would lose you're Polar Alignment then. Best alter it on the handset and then look for your targets and adjust if needed..

Not as yet, but I also saw it on the video!

Ron