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I spent 2 minutes bracketing exposures using the Canon app on my phone which made it very easy and fast. I went up to 2 seconds but that blew everything out. I spent the last 2 minutes looking at the sky, Jupiter and Venus were very bright but Saturn was in the tree line. I set up in a parking area for a Trail Head with about 10 other cars. I was the only one with equipment for photography. I got to meet some interesting people who also traveled some distance. Funny thing was there were no locals there.

I traveled 900 miles with no guarantee of clear skies but was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. I set up using a Losmandy G11 with an Orion EON80 and Canon 7Ti at prime focus. All shot at ISO100 and exposed 1/800 1/250 1/30 respectively. Chris

I tried using an OAG instead of ONAG to slim up the imaging train in hopes of reducing some strain for possible tilt. I was worried I would have to rotate camera to acquire guide star after meridian flip. The ZWO 174 mini worked like a charm and filed the PHD box with plenty of targets on both sides of meridian without need for rotation. I tried out NoiseXTerminator for the 1st time and was impressed. Meade 14" LX-850 Mesu200 MKII Qhy 268M https://www.astrobin.com/2q825h/

Here is a comparison against the James Webb Telescope. My image was processed slightly different than the final image posted on Astrobin. Chris

I was able to get a couple of clear nights late summer here in Florida where the humidity makes it tough. I always wanted to capture this with a big scope so this year I was able to use the 14" Meade. Meade 14" LX850 Mesu200 MKII Qhy 268M https://www.astrobin.com/sannbr/ Chris

I have a Meade 14" LX850 ota on top and my Mesu 200 MKII doesn't seem to notice the load. Chris

Hi Tony, You can post your question at https://groups.io/g/Sitechservo and someone will try and help. If not they can direct you who to contact for repair. I had a problem with the same unit you have and sent it in for repair. They are very responsive. Sending your unit for repair would cost MUCH less that purchasing a new one. Good luck. Chris

This is about as low in the sky I'm willing to invest imaging time on the scope. I'm trying BlurXTerminator for the first time on this image. I was able to notice such a difference that I will be purchasing the license. Meade 14" LX850 ota Mesu 200 MKII Qhy268m Details at https://www.astrobin.com/17ek1p/ Chris

Thanks Michael, I spent a lot of time this past year studying the processing side of things to the point I feel the need for a diploma (for the time spent more so than the result) Chris

M16 is at the edge of my horizon limit here in Florida (I have a roof top cutting me off). This is the first time I have gathered SII data and added it to my LRGBHa data. I didn't see much difference with the data but kept it in the final version. There are plenty of Hubble palette images of this object so I went old school. Meade 14" ACF Mesu 200 MKII Qhy 268M Baader L,R,G,B,Ha,SII filters ONAG with ASI 174mini https://www.astrobin.com/30i1cw/ Thanks for looking Chris

ELP- Thanks I will investigate

DrMike and Dan - Thank you for the kind words Elp - Is that something you do in Pixinsight or PS?

A few clear nights in May and 12.5 hours of data. I struggled with gradients in my last image (M100). I have that problem solved but I have stars that have color that is not aligning resulting in red and green bloated stars. Details here https://www.astrobin.com/ezw9bq/ Qhy 268M Mesu 200 MKII ONAG Baader RGB 36mm Chris

Jim- I subscribed to Adams fundamentals last Nov. LOTS of material. I have watched his DBE videos. I need to check my patience and go over it again. I know it would help. Chris

tomato - I'm 3 miles from the Atlantic at 17 feet above sea level. Seeing is a hit or miss with all that atmosphere above me. I use Voyager and can tell by the focus numbers how the seeing is. I would guess that 40% of clear nights I shut down because focus numbers don't look good and I know from experience I would end up throwing subs out. Chris