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I missed that question earlier, so here goes... That's the really hard bit. Each frame is in it's own layer and I adjust the contrast and brightness until they almost match. Then I use gradients on the adjustments to apply them with different strengths across the frame. This works most of the time. When I can still see some of the joins I then delete "splodges" of the upper layer so that the offending difference is no longer a straight line. I've done that twice in this image. When it isn't a straight line it becomes very difficult to see.

On my first attempt at this, in 2018, I just moved the camera sideways until the right side of the frame was where the left side had been for the previous frame. This was the result:- I not a mathematician, and I spent ages trying to figure out the effects of photographing the inside of a sphere. In the end I decided that the answer was much simpler. The camera is on a polar mount, and the whole thing rotates as you move East or West. As you get nearer the Pole, the effect increases. To fix the problem, I didn't resort to any fancy maths. I have a two stage system. I plates

My limited experience is that over sampling won't make the stars bigger. However, I spent last Spring imaging at 2000mm with 6nm pixels, which I think was 0.6" per pixel. After a few images I changed to 2 x 2 binning and the only difference that I could see was smaller file sizes and quicker processing times. There was no noticeable difference in star size, and to be fair, they really aren't as "pin-point" as images taken at a shorter F/L. You've hinted at tracking problems. I suspect that this might be an issue. If you have PHD2, then what sort of RMS" do you get? Some nights I ha

Click on image for full resolution. After spending years trying to capture a mosaic of Cygnus, I've now managed to do a similar job on Cepheus in 6 weeks, which is very pleasing. I've still not managed to grab all the frames first time around, because I underestimated the amount of exposure that each frame would need, so I had to do some of it twice. I did have a quick go at this a couple of years ago, but I really didn't understand the fact that the camera would need to be rotated for each East or West movement. (I'll show the non-rotated result below the main image) This is

I got myself a Pi a couple of years ago. It wasn't up to the job of running my kit at the pier, but it did serve to get me used to the idea of Linux. I bought a cheap refurbished Dell laptop for £280.00 and I haven't looked back since. I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on the laptop and it has been absolutely flawless. The only real problem that I had with the Pi was the speed of transferring the image files. It really was painful. I'm using Indi, CCDCiel, Cartes du Ciel, ASTAP and PHD2 on the Linux laptop. I use VNC to access it from indoors. Finally, I am using SAMBA to map the

Superb image. Very nicely processed.

I haven't bought anything from them, but it is probably worth mentioning a couple of things about duty and VAT that often catch people out. The duty is calculated on the landed cost. ie, the invoice value plus the carriage costs. The VAT is then calculated on the (Invoice+Carriage + duty). This is the bit that catches most people out. However, when you buy something in a shop, the VAT is on the entire sales price. The shopkeeper will have included all costs, including shipping, before he calculates the VAT. Duty on many items is at zero% these days, however it is impo

I wonder if you are on an out of date version...? Click "Edit" -> "Devices setup" and the following screen appears:- There is a "New" button (hidden by the drop down above) that allows new profiles to be created. The red arrowed button then allows you to select which one you want to use.

This puzzles me. Have you set up different profiles?

I use CCDCiel. I like it for several reasons. It really appears to be rock solid. I have managed to crash it once in about 16 months. Even then, I just restarted it and everything just carried on. It operates as a true independent client to either Indi or Ascom servers (or both at the same time!). I like the way that it communicates with Cartes du Ciel. After it platesolves, it can display the current image frame in Cartes du Ciel, so I know precisely where I am imaging. For multi night sessions I usually have the first night's image as a background image in CdC. Once the frame is

Difficult question. I do like the colours in the second, but the first reveals things in a way that I haven't see before - and I really like that.

I like what you have done with the colours. Lovely result.

I don't know much about solar imaging, but those images make me want to learn. I find the top image quite mesmerising.

A lovely collection.

Thanks, Gorann.