Mars 20th September 2020

[Swoop1]

Best 50% of 3000 frames, ASI290MC via C6 on HEQ5PRO. Stacked in AutoStakkert! and no further processing apart from conversion via GIMP and Paint.net. I am pleased with the result.

[Tommohawk]

It's a nice result, lots of detail for such a modest aperture scope. The smaller SCTs do seem to punch above their weight.

Not sure how you're capturing and what exposure you're using but you might improve things further by using more frames. Use USB3 if you have it, and capture using ROI. With that camera you ought to get 100fps easily - oner say 4 mins that would give 24000 frames. 

Also if you align the histo curves you should get a whiter polar cap. 

[Swoop1]

Thanks for the advice Tommohawk.

I'm stuck with USB2 on a relativiely prehistoric Macbook and that also limits the software I can use.

I copy my data from the Mac to an extarnal drive before transferring it to my Windows PC for processing.

I will be getting a Windows laptop at soem stage in the future to extend the range of softwarem options open to me.

[Tommohawk]

Maybe put the new laptop on your Xmas wish list!

[astroman001]

It maybe small, but lots of detail recorded. well done

Peter

[si@nite]

Nice eyeball shot there not short on detail either!