Danield06

I have no idea where this is coming from and I thought I took care of all my light leaks. The one thing that is weird is that I always have that dark spot, and its always in the same location no matter what. To me it seems like it could be an internal reflection possibly? I am not sure. would love to see if anyone has any ideas.

SoI just received my 2600MM a few weeks ago and I have been trying to get everything looking round. I seem to be running into minor issues but possibly dialing it in. Would like someone experienced to take a look at what I have. Camera: 2600MM Scope: GT81 Reducer/flattener: WO Flat 6aIII Image 1: Here is a second image below. I wish I had downloaded the first image you see above. I did not but will upload it tomorrow night for. Image 2: Essentially the first image has a smaller fwhm on the left side and is a bit more better adjusted for tilt compared to the second set of images. Issue Is I am still getting some weird shape stars on the right side, seems to be coma to me and I am not sure if its backspacing(too much or too little?) or tilt causing the issue. Again, please note that image 1 and image 2 are both dIfferent light frames. The first image in here I only have the curvature from CCD Inspector and I will get it uploaded tomorrow. Thanks!

If anyone is still in need of help let me know. Ekos AF works great. I use a ZWO EAF and once dialed in, it will work wonderfully. I haven't had an issue in months. just FYI that you need to be close to focus for the routine to work. Thats how it is with most AF programs.

Hello! Here is my HaRGB Horsehead nebula! Details are on my astrobin!! Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions! [URL=https://astrob.in/urhqx8/0/][IMG]https://astrob.in/urhqx8/0/rawthumb/gallery/get.jpg?insecure[/IMG][/URL]

Hello! Below is my image of the pacman nebula. I am less than thrilled with the result. I am not sure why I do not like it, but something about it makes it my least favorite image to date. I will still take it as a win though. I can always visit it again or add more data. Its just that I had gotten a lot already. This is almost a total of 24 hours. 147 x 300" Ha 140 x 300" OIII Equipment listed in my astrobin image. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I am going to nudge in Astronomik Deep Sky RGB filters. I am not exactly sure how they will perform planetary, but I imagine they should work well. They are top notch filters.

Looking good! You seem to be getting there. Has this been consistent? IS your guiding working better? That calibration plot looks much better

Just a quick question. What is your gain and offset for your guide camera? I am not seeing many stars in your image. I use a 120mm mini and guide with an OAG and I get significantly more stars. I am guiding at about a 400mm focal length and near the edge of the field as well.

Yes you can use PHD2 but they shouldn't have to. The internal guider works very well. As you are suggesting, it is most likely an issue with settings. I had sent a PM to OP. They need to increase their iterations, and change a few settings. I use the Ekos internal guider and I can see a few things that should be change before moving onto a new issue. This messages seems like it is attacking you, but I promise in no way am I doing so lol. I am just suggesting that if there is an issue with guiding using the internal guider then it is a user issues, not a result of the software.

Thanks so much Allen! Appreciate it!

Thank you!

😂 Thanks! Yours looks REALLY good! lol

Thank you!!

I had made a post earlier stating I had some issues with OIII. I was able to sort it out. Imaging details are on my astrobin. 80 x 300" Ha 104 x 300 OIII

Hello, I have been having terrible trouble getting HOO data of the heart nebula. This is an almost 9 hour integration of OII and yet the data looks awful and the final product is horrendous. I cant seem to figure out what I am doing wrong The background is totally washed with blue, and the signal is totally weak/noisy. For almost 9 hours I was expecting MUCH better. Its totally washing out my Ha data as well, perosnally I think this image is atrocious and its certainly annoying me for almost a total of 20hrs integration. In fact, I had had much smaller integrations turn out much better. SO I am really at a loss and want to shut the door on this data and scrap it all. Here is the process- Decon- MLT Noise Reduction- Stretch- Starnet+ star removal- Combine RGB- Color saturation/hue adjustment- Sharpening & Unsharp- Create synthetic luminance with stars & blend together- PS for further and final adjustments