Ghostflyer

When you shot those images did you use a field flattener?

For a grab and go I use the ioptron skyguider pro. The internal battery lasts about 20 hours so I so I can do multiple sessions before having to recharge it. I use it with a couple of nikons and some prime lenses that I have. You can check the classifieds here and and the other site and normally find them under $400 is dollars used. The hardest part it's actually locating target With longer focal lengths.

This was about an hour worth of data with a mediocre polar alignment at best best 32nd shots in shots F 2.8 And on top of that I don't have the best processing skills I'm still learning.

On 29/11/2020 at 01:36, stargamed said:

I recently got an Orion StarShoot Astrophotography Camera and have had difficulty getting it
to work right. The software that comes with it AstroCap seems horrible. The start/stop mechanisms
are vague, the images won't appear. The best I've been able to do is see scan lines and some
color light or dark variations on the screen after messing with the exposure and the gain.
Popping the camera into the reflector or the refractor telescope yields nothing. I'm told
there is other software that is better supported and more current including SharpCap
and NINA. However so far neither of those recognize my StarShoot with the ASCOM
drivers loaded. 

Can someone tell me precisely what drivers I need to get the Option Starshoot (the original)
to work with SharpCap NINA or some other software? A link would be much appreciated.
What I downloaded from Orion have been AllInOneDrivers.ZIP AllInOneASCOM.ZIP and
ASCOMPlatform 6.1 and later 6.5. The only software where I'm able to deliver even 
a poor image to the laptop has been AstroCap. Or if there's a new and improved 
AstroCap beyond 1.3.9 do tell!

Are you using windows 10?

I recently pulled mine out after 10 years and it does not like windows 10.  Works fine on windows 7 though.