wornish Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 It was a crisp and clear night last night, though imaging and guiding not helped by the Full Harvest Moon.Still struggling to get PHD2 guiding to work consistently couldn't get it to calibrate. Kept getting camera did not complete exposure in 21 secs error messages, tried extending the timeout but still no joy. I think it might be the light from the moon making the stars too dim - is this normal. If not any suggestions. So gave up trying to guide and just tried to get some shots of M81 unguided. This is 15 x 2 min lights and 3 x 2 min darks, stacked in DSS. Taken with my EM5mk2 and Nikon 80-400mm lens attached via adapter. Its not up to the standards most people post on here but at least its recognisable - just! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iapa Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I was having the same camera not completing last night. I had selectect AUTO for the exposures. I changed down to 2.5 secs and was good for about an hour. Didn't get guiding tho' - focus and moon glare flooding the skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iapa Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 PS like the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hi dave looks good enough from this end and a great first go with some nice detail you a better man than me i would not post a image till i got the guiding working some nights it all works fine ,others its just a pita but you made the best out of the night pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wornish Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, iapa said: I was having the same camera not completing last night. I had selectect AUTO for the exposures. I changed down to 2.5 secs and was good for about an hour. Didn't get guiding tho' - focus and moon glare flooding the skies Glad it wasn't just me. I was set at 1.5 sec exposures but the moon glare just washed everything out could not calibrate at all. I was amazed though how good the stacked images came out I could hardly see any stars in the target area by eye because of the glow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iapa Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Lucky. Astrotortilla failed to solve most of mine so I couldn't vent get it to slow to target properly. Images takes were very bad - but not stacked yet. Don't really think its worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARS1960 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Nice one Dave, especially under the circumstances and only 30min intergration time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvb Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Nice image. A bit noisy, but very nice considering the conditions. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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