Full Moon Cocoon

[AKB]

With some recent clear nights, but close to full moon, I've been using the opportunity to learn more about my new mount and how to cope with a meridian flip... not that I've actually done one yet!  I've just yesterday switched from using Nebulosity for image capture (which has been great for the last five years with a mount that doesn't need a flip.)  But now I do need to flip, and want to autofocus and plate solve (as part of the flip) so I'm trying APT.  Last night (22 Sept 2021) just past full moon, I did my first run with autofocus and acquisition, right up until the target arrived at the meridan, but stopped there, since I haven't really set any parameters for the meridan in either the mount or APT, and I haven't yet looked at plate solving.

Any advice on the combination of APT and SiTech is welcome, but here's the (uncropped) image:

• Esprit 120ED
• ASI 294MC OSC with Altair quadband filter
• 18 x 5 min subs (1.5 hours total)

Thanks

Tony

 

[tooth_dr]

The Esprit 120 looks to be a cracking scope.