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  1. MarkAR
    Stunning image, makes a nice change to see it in SHO.
  2. MarkAR
    They should all fit around the focus column. The Celestron NexYZ has great reviews.
  3. MarkAR
    So far so good. Keep going it'll be a great image.
  4. MarkAR
    Nice write up and a great idea.
  5. MarkAR
    Not used the Altair software, I run KStars/Ekos for automation and capture on my Mac. It supports Altair Cams. Ekos doesn't have live stacking, I don't think it's really necessary.
  6. MarkAR
    That looks superb.
  7. MarkAR
    Me too, superb image.
  8. MarkAR
    All depends on the construction but it'll be pretty difficult to mess up.
  9. MarkAR
    A great start, catching a good prom is all down to luck, timing and keeping updated on possibilities.
  10. MarkAR
    Looks great to me.
  11. MarkAR
    Excellent shots.
  12. MarkAR
    You might need to have different adapter plates made up in the future. I figure you would need a base plate welded to the tripod that will accept custom adapter plates for anything you would want to mount. Also thinking why not a Tripod pier style rather than a tripod. Legs would be further down allowing for more clearance of scope and gear.
  13. MarkAR
    If you want to shoot narrowband on nebula then the Oiii is what you want. Do you have an Astronomic Ha to match with the Oiii ?
  14. MarkAR
    Good fast laptop is essential, it'll save a lot of frustrations later on. I had a few gremlins with my 12 y.o MacAir, got very frustrated so dropped a pile on an all singing and dancing MacBook Pro solely used for imaging and processing. Recommend minimum 4 core processor (8 core is ideal) and large SSD.
  15. MarkAR
    The blurring could be atmospheric distortion. Take a short video to see if at some point it clears. If it doesn't then I think your focus is out, try a Bhatinov mask.
  16. MarkAR
    Very good for unguided. Theres a slight bit of elongation in the stars, guiding will help a lot with this. A few more calibration frames might help, apparently the optimum number is around 16 to 21 of each.
  17. MarkAR
    No idea what it is but it looks nice.
  18. MarkAR
    Very nice, I think 200mm is fine, any more could risk clipping off the faint outer dust lanes. There does look to be a slight magenta tone to the background and stars though.
  19. MarkAR
    As above, get a good PA and then pick a target to goto for framing your shot.
  20. MarkAR
    The Bone Nebula.
  21. MarkAR
    Looks great, glad you're finally done...............................for now.
  22. MarkAR
    I've had similar problems with EKOS and SXCCD 694 saying camera is busy imaging after PA and such. Have to turn off Ekos and restart, other times if camera is cooled and it won't start capturing I just flick off the cooler and on again and it starts capture. Not had any problems with warming camera before shutdown, must be different with the 1600.
  23. MarkAR

    Bode's

    MarkAR replied to Firas's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky

    Looks great.
  24. MarkAR
    Wonderful set of images, well worth the journey.
  25. MarkAR
    You should be able to configure the rotation rate. I have no idea about the programming side of things on how to do it.
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