Paul779

Wow that is tricky sounds like you ve found a way round the issue though

Its definitly in the right area you ll need to experiment a bit to find whats ideal for your set up go higher go lower see what gives you the best results.

Im very new to AP myself and all my imaging is unguided and i ve found spending more time polar aligning getting it as spot on as i can has resulted in far less star trailing issues 👍

Good effort that 👍 a lower F number would help with gathering more light and definitely more light frames.

Hmmmm thats odd what version of DSS are you you using as CR2 s work fine for me

Hi everyone Been lurking for a bit its about time i said Hi. I ve been having ago at astrophotography for a few months now..... It all started back in the summer after stumbling across a video on Youtube (Astrobiscuits Budget Astrophotography with a DSLR). I was intrigued by whats up there that we cant see fully with the naked eye. So here i am a few hundred quid lighter trying to do this on some sort of budget,it can be done but its not easy. I already had a DSLR Sony A200 unmodded. I managed to get hold of a Skywatcher ED80 Pro Series(gold tube) relatively cheaply,and then found an old Mizar SP equatorial mount with tripod for a fiver. I bought an eq2 motor (9v) and butchered it a little to fit as the original quartz drive one was impossible to find, with this i can get 30s subs no probs any longer requires spot on PA which has been difficult to achieve. My issues so far are lack of skills processing the stacked image and i need to get far more light frames when working with 30s unguided. Recently aquired a modified Canon 450D from a member on here,looking forward to using that. Images so far: Not fantastic but a start. Cheers Paul