AstroNebulee

Get well soon friend 🙂

Look forward to your findings with it when you get it 👍

Hi I agree with Laurence. I'm not sure why you need to use the synscan app. The AAP should do it all for you. Could the eq mod mount connection be conflicting with your az gti (I'm probably being thick here, which isn't hard for me). I only use my 72ed and asiair pro in EQ mode so not really sure on the use with a alt az mounted scope. Is there a way of using the plate solving ability on the AAP to help you align the scope to bring your target to the centre? Cheers Lee

I too thought I could see the offending dust bunny smudge inverted in the light frames

I'd be interested to hear the reports on it once people start using it and a side by side comparison to the AzGti in eq mode

No need to spend the big notes Laurence 😉I used a cheap dslr L bracket for mine 👍

Yep your right, it was a quick process and can recall the black histogram was lipped a tad, this was in photoshop, will do a proper lengthy process again now the clouds are rolling in.

Very nice set up there. 👍What scope and camera do you have on your AzGti?

Work in progress IC 405 2.5 hours worth from North Cornwall 47x180 sec exposures 120 gain, - 10° Dark, flats and flat darks 72ed AzGti eq mode, asiair pro, zwo asi294mc pro, guided Stacked in Dss, processed in Startools and Photoshop

Amazing and great to see, that's a great lightweight set up. I hear great things about the st80 for visual 👍

I took 30x dark, flat and flat darks, I've added it in the post now, sorry

Thank you, really pleased you like it, I'm learning slowly with processing 👍

Thank you, I will gladly seek your help when creating the sticky

Thank you Laurence 👍, I'm quite happy with it, may reprocess it though. Don't think anymore integration time on it will improve it now. I particularly like the little companion galaxy NGC 5474 to the bottom right is very cool.

Here is my rendition of M101 taken this week over 2 nights for a total of 4 hours worth of exposures here in North Cornwall, even with the bad transparency. Skywatcher 72ed AzGti eq mode, asiair pro, zwo asi294mc pro and guided with zwo asi120mc-s. 80x180 sec subs, 120 gain, - 10°c 30xflats and flat darks, darks Stacked in Dss, processed in Startools and a high pass tweak in photoshop.

I will put this in the deep sky imaging section but wanted to post here to show you guys first. My efforts on M101 this week, 4 hours worth, processed in Startools with a small tweak in photoshop for high pass. 80x180 sec subs 30 x dark, flats and flat darks Even the transparency didn't ruin it too much 👍

Good point Laurence. One I thought of a few posts ago with the alignment issues on here. Most phone apps point to magnetic North and not geographical north, unless some have a setting to change it. Cheers Lee

Just think once it's all sorted and you've a trusted workflow and settings range, you'll be able to just set up and image then relax with a wee one and peruse the night sky with a set of bins as you image.... Side note I don't always settle down with a wee one when imaging 🥃 Cheers Lee

Thank you @badhex for giving me the push to start the thread, it sure has proved invaluable place for the az gti community. I feel we are all becoming good friends on here, sharing help, stories and advice, keep it up guys👍, @powerlordcame up with a good suggestion of creating a sticky of page numbers with certain info in it that will prove helpful, one day I'll get around to it when there's a real cloudy period and now clocks going forward have more time, so sometime I'll try 😊

It does sound like an improvement indeed for some reason. Maybe the mount needed a bit to hone itself in, the seeing or transparency got better or wind dropped calibration could be any number of things, I'm pleased it's settling and you'll see a big difference with dithering, can't wait to see your results. You're doing great Steve 👍😊

That's a pity with your guiding being rubbish tonight, every set up is different I guess. Probably better to concentrate on one thing first with your gsdin and exposures if the guidfing isn't to bad for you. I know with my set up anything after the southern meridian is awful on guiding for some reason (maybe need to shifts the weights up a bit?)but before the southern meridian my guiding is great. Good luck with your session tonight Steve 👍

Nice 😊, hope it goes well tonight. I've not trued m102 before. I got 4 hours on M101 past 2 nights and trying a few cheeky subs on IC405 until it disapears over a neighbours roof, guiding is a pain tonight with the gentle breeze in my wind tunnel area. Then will go on Markarian's chain for a bit, good luck 👍

Brilliant, so pleased you've managed to sort it and your mount is performing well, good luck on your next outing 👍

Looking good for your camera and integration time. 👍 Is the new 1.9 asiair version still beta?

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