DSLR to CCD, making the jump!

[xtcdean]

great advice, i have decided to stick with the dslr, think i will wait for a better ccd and filters rather than a cheep trade off, i just spent the money on a QHYL-11, i went for the so i have a good guide camera and can start to image planets without the filters. its hard not to dive in to deep. 

[xtcdean]

You must have long exposure noise compensation turned on. This will waste loads of clear sky time. It is more efficient and should give you a better result to turn that off and take a set of temperature matched darks (same exposure settings as your images but with the dustcap on).

yes i have this setting on! ill try it off, thanks.