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  1. Jm1973
    I was just looking at this thread as I've got a 200p/EQ5, and realised who you were. Just saw you on the FB group you joined the other day too. Not stalking you honest. 🤣 Although, you now have pretty much the same setup as me 200p/eq5/450d, so I will be keeping an eye on your posts for tips.
  2. Jm1973
    I can see several 40D bodies that have sold for around £60 to £70 on ebay. Some even cheaper. Did you follow a guide or anything when you built this? Or did you just wing it?
  3. Jm1973
    Very tempted to try this. Not quite sure I've got the skillset to do it. I can solder a bit. And I've got a glue gun! 🤣
  4. Jm1973
    I generally have a quick glance, just to make sure it's roughly there, then I don't look again.
  5. Jm1973
    That is bloody amazing! How much does it weigh with all the additional cooling stuff? Do you mind if I ask how much it all cost as well please? I'm trying to work out whether this would be cheaper than buying something like an ASI294MC-Pro.
  6. Jm1973
    I just noticed that in your eqmod settings you have mount options set to auto detect. Try setting that to eq5/eq6 or whatever the setting is...
  7. Jm1973
    Have you tried installing any software before that might have used an earlier version of EQMOD or ASCOM? If so this can cause problems.
  8. Jm1973
    The l-extreme has two 6nm bandpasses and does a great job with LP. Mono, with individual emission line filters would likely do a better job, but would be much more expensive and take longer to gather data.
  9. Jm1973
    Using a tight narrowband filter will help with LEDs as you are limiting the LED to the portion of it that is within the band you are filtering, which may be minimal.
  10. Jm1973
    Not sure if this is what you mean exactly, but in PS you can do Select>Colour Range then choose Highlights to select the brightest points only, which is usually the stars (unless you have already blown out the white point). Demonstrated in this video (start at 15:18)
  11. Jm1973
    For me, it's not so much that I would make longer subs with a filter... it's that I have to make shorter subs without one. Semantics I know, but it's an important distinction I think. I would be making longer subs anyway if it wasn't for the LP, and the filter facilitates this. Not that I've actually got one yet (I've one on order), but that is the hope.
  12. Jm1973
    Filter-wise... you could get one of the dual-narrowband offerings. These allow through Oiii and Ha, and maybe Hb also, while blocking a lot of LP. Cheaper than buying separates, and also quicker to gather data.
  13. Jm1973
    That's pretty unprecedented.
  14. Jm1973
    Same here. I'd built up controlling my mount via EQMOD as this big thing, but the LVA guide made it pretty straightforward.
  15. Jm1973
    Make sure you switch to solar tracking rate too.
  16. Jm1973
    I use Astro-tortilla to platesolve, which is free and simple to use. I used it to slew to Mars a few weeks back with no issues. I'm pretty sure anyway... perhaps someone can confirm.
  17. Jm1973
    It might be ok for that. Depending on your target you may find a an un-modded DSLR doesn't work that well on it. There are a lot of targets that do work well with an un-modded DSLR though.
  18. Jm1973
    Do you plate solve? If so you can just put in your barlow, attempt to slew to your target, take a picture with your main imaging camera (DSLR) and platesolve on that.
  19. Jm1973
    Like no-one ever forgets to switch back to RAW after plate-solving with JPEG. 🤣
  20. Jm1973
    The l-enhance won't increase your signal, but it will decrease the noise. It's designed for moderately light-polluted areas. How is your LP?
  21. Jm1973
    This gets trotted out at least twice a week. 🤣 Should make it a sticky! EDIT: Oh wait, it already is a sticky!
  22. Jm1973
    Yeah, it is quite a steep learning curve. And there are a lot of different strands that all have to be working at the same time. Try not to get too frustrated though, as other people have already hit the same problems you have, and solutions are normally either on the internet already, or there are people who are able to give help. If you hit any specific problems, pop them up here. The more specific you can be with the issue, the easier it is for someone to give you the right advice. I was given a lot of help and advice when I first started, so if I can help with anything I am glad to.
  23. Jm1973
    I use a 5m usb repeater cable attached to a 5m eqmod cable and I have no problems with that.
  24. Jm1973
    I was a complete beginner a few months ago, and that tutorial made it relatively straightforward to start controlling my mount with my laptop. I think an evening was all it took to get the basics down.
  25. Jm1973
    Congrats! Stick around for another 15!
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