Who has clear skies this evening?

[JamesF]

If the mount is stopping the same time every night on the same target then I wonder if it's an Ekos configuration thing rather than a mount thing?

James

[Gina]

Yes, I wondered that.  I think I'll take my W7 laptop out to the observatory and test the mount with that and eliminate KStars/Ekos/INDI.  I can do that in the daytime and not waste imaging time.  I still have a lot to learn about KStars/Ekos.

[JamesF]

You could potentially also temporarily force the clock on your usual machine to be, say, 1:45am and then start Kstars etc. and see what happens with a test imaging run.

James

[Gina]

Yes, that's a thought.

[tooth_dr]

We had cloud forecast but yet it was completely clear from sunset to 1am.  The seeing was bad up until 22:30 then I got 10 really decent 10mins subs Oiii.  However somehow I now have tilt in my second camera - i cleaned everything at the start of the  week, so I think the EFW2 and camera connection may be tilted a bit.  It's only uses 2 small grub screws.  Shame as the data looked good otherwise.  I packed up at 1am as clouds started forming and I had work today, and rain was potentially forecast for laster in the morning.

[don4l]

Unexpectedly clear here tonight.  Grabbing more data on the squid.  If it stays clear then I might finish tonight.  I started this a few days ago thinking that it could take a couple of months to get 10 hours of OIII.  So I am really pleased.

Anybody else out tonight?

Edited August 29, 2019 by don4l

[DaveS]

Had an unexpected clear patch. Got an hour's worth of data so far, don't know how long it will last.

[Davey-T]

Calibration time come on, we're gonna have a good time tonight as the song sorta goes, just taking new set of calibration frames before I  remove the f/r and rotate the camera.

Some clear heading this way but don't think I'll be ready in time.

Dave

[DaveS]

Clouded out now, so I've closed up for the night. Did see a meteor going east-west as I was closing up. Must have been pretty bright to be visible through the cloud.

[don4l]

Now got 490 minutes of OIII on the squid.  I've never done anything like this before.  I'll process it tomorrow and see what I have got. 

I'm now relaxing with a bit of Ha on Cepheus.

[Star101]

Murky, 'almost' clear here. Imaging NGC 185 again with Atik 4120EX OSC, but this time taking 600s subs at f/10 instead of 300s. So far, the clean subs look much better. I think this Saturday night will be much better to image according the the MET Office. But hey, its the UK, don't waste any chances lol  

[JamesF]

10 minutes ago, Star101 said:

Murky, 'almost' clear here. Imaging NGC 185 again with Atik 4120EX OSC, but this time taking 600s subs at f/10 instead of 300s. So far, the clean subs look much better. I think this Saturday night will be much better to image according the the MET Office. But hey, its the UK, don't waste any chances lol  

That's a bit of a fearsome target.  This is with the C11?

James

[Star101]

6 minutes ago, JamesF said:

That's a bit of a fearsome target.  This is with the C11?

James

Yes, C11 on a Mesu 200 mount in a ror shed.

Here's my best sub 600s so far tonight. No calibration or flats etc. Stretched, ABE, Curves, SCNR and ACDNR ( Pixinsight terms ) Snipping tool

 

Maybe Saturday night will be clearer.

Thursday night I took 12 x 300s. Checking the 300s subs from that image they did not look as detailed as the above 600s sub...so I do have something to look forward to

Last nights attempt using only 300s subs