M40 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 04/08/2022 at 07:00, CKP said: Now I need to learn how to use the camera and start doing some EAA. Can I suggest that initially you just use ASIstudio that came with your camera? Once you get into it, asilive becomes easier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 4 hours ago, M40 said: Can I suggest that initially you just use ASIstudio that came with your camera? Once you get into it, asilive becomes easier. I'll have a look at that software, I did download it a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 I tried for andromeda last night. I don't know what happened but I couldn't get any sight of it and sharpcap kept dropping frames rather than stacking. I could see 4 stars, one of which looked out of focus and I presumed it was andromeda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 if you change your sharpcap settings you can both live stack and save frames, so can at a later time decide to stack/process the set of frames yourself. Sky conditions are not the same every night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keltoi Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 looks like your using a heritage 130p, which means you wont reach focus with your camera without a slight mod, Once the Truss is fully extended , slide them back about 1 inch. This will help you achieve focus. if you have facebook look for the EAA forums and a chap called marcus reed , he has posted some great pictures of his EAA sessions with the same setup heritage 130p on an Az-gti. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 10 hours ago, CKP said: presumed it was andromeda Andromeda looks like a glowing ball of light usually at a 30-40 degree tilt to the horizon and there are two other galaxies around it, again glowing balls of light but not as bright. It's quite distinct even with 10s exposure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psionmark Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 01/08/2022 at 15:46, CKP said: Hi Space Hopper, Sorry for sounding over dramatic. At the time of writing this I felt a little disheartened. Reading yours and everyone else's posts, I have realised I was putting to much pressure on myself to get it right on my first night and in an hour 😆 I have looked on YouTube, however most the videos are converted to eq mounts rather than being standard. I've been down that route It took approximately 1 entire observing season (so basically a year) for me to get to the point where I can be outside grabbing EAA images with my setup within about 10 minutes of thinking about it. It took a LOT of trial and error, new kit, repurposing of old kit, trying to understand what I'm doing lol. I've still a long way to go, but at least I'm now at the point where I spend more time observing and less time head-scratching. Keep at it - it's well worth it I also have the AZ-GTI and plate-solving works a treat but, as others have said, start with the basics and build up. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Psionmark said: I've been down that route It took approximately 1 entire observing season (so basically a year) for me to get to the point where I can be outside grabbing EAA images with my setup within about 10 minutes of thinking about it. It took a LOT of trial and error, new kit, repurposing of old kit, trying to understand what I'm doing lol. I've still a long way to go, but at least I'm now at the point where I spend more time observing and less time head-scratching. Keep at it - it's well worth it I also have the AZ-GTI and plate-solving works a treat but, as others have said, start with the basics and build up. Thanks for the support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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