Onfray

Last night I have a lot of trouble with tracking.

The thing is...the trail isn't a continous line, but a "jumpy" line

Do you have any idea about what happened here?

Finally, after only 30min of integration a lot of discarded images and as usual, without darks or flats or bias.

Thank you!

15 minutes ago, Victor Boesen said:

That looks great! What dovetail are you using? I purchased the 21cm skywatcher dovetail but it was a pain in the *** fitting it to the tube rings since they used different screws... Would love to get something more suitable!

Sorry if this is slightly beyond the topic of this thread!

This

https://aliexpress.com/item/32859631147.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.31b163c0LxoN55

It's cheap but is very nice and sturdy

Finally, everything well balanced....

46 minutes ago, Victor Boesen said:

Don't drop that one one your feet while messing around in the dark!!

Part of the imaging excitement

Waiting the dovetail....400grs for 1€

Last test before some mods to SA

Same equipment.

Canon 450d modded

Astronomik CLS CCD

SW 72ED

No guiding

40 x 90" / ISO 1600 / No darks, no flats, no bias

Heart Nebula needs many more integration time, but as a test for plate solving, I'm happy.

1 hour ago, Chefgage said:

Any guiding being used. Interested as I use basically the same setup but start to get star trails at about 45 seconds or more. This is with good polar alignment.

Nop, no guiding. Even bad balancing....this night I only have 30min of exposure to M42

30 x 60" ISO 800, no darks, no flats, no bias, super bad focus, only testing the framing of the object.

The balancing is very critical on the SA, I need a large dovetail to balance properly the 72ED

56 minutes ago, Ken Mitchell said:

Congrats!

For a first this is exceptionally good! Looks like you will be enjoying the SA a lot  

Can you share more info on your gear and settings?

 

Ken

Sure!

SW 72ED / Canon 450d modded / Astronomik CLS CCD

50x90" ISO 1600

I'll try M42 next to keep learning. I guess big and bright targets are the best to practice.

Today I played a little with Pixinsight and Starnet. I have to say that I'm more comfortable with Siril for non-linear process, but I understand the capabilities of Pixinsight.

Hello! I'm new!

After read a lot about the Star Adventurer, I pulled the trigger the past week. My first astrophotography rig!

Is not a "real" image, is more a test of my equipment, so "not-yet-my-first-light". I have not done any balancing or good PA, and not any type of preprocessing, only Siril, without any darks or bias or flats. 

I'm very happy with the workflow and seems I can push a lot more the SA. 

Thank you folks for all information you posted here, it's trully amazing!!!