First images with the ASI2600MC DUO

[fwm891]

Like most things new there were a few trials before things smoothed out slightly and I got a couple of images to show for what felt like .....   Well most of my problem were a cable (USB 3) which needed swapping but I think settings in PHD2 was my biggest headache.

Finally I got two sets of subs: 15x 60s on the Wall in NGC7000  and 14x 60s of NGC6995 these were captured through my Orion Optic (UK) VX10 with a TS GPU 1x super flat coma corrector (55mm back focus) The two extn tubes and the 17.5mm backfocus of the Duo were 55mm. No filters were used for these images.

Processing was via PI without the use of the RC-Astro routines as I wanted to see what the camera, corrector and telescope produced without the intervention of AI.

 

With RC-Astro:

 

 

Edited August 10, 2023 by fwm891
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[Dark Raven]

Nice and sharp all the way to the edge. Well done. 

[Elp]

Looks good. No issues with finding suitable guidestars? I'm curious how this would work at 1000mm+ FL using something like an lextreme.

Edited August 10, 2023 by Elp

[fwm891]

1 hour ago, Elp said:

Looks good. No issues with finding suitable guidestars? I'm curious how this would work at 1000mm+ FL using something like an lextreme.

I'll be trying it with an IDAS NBZ and Askar 6nm duo band (Ha/OIII) in the near future but I want to get the final tweaks in PHD2 and iOptron's Commander sorted out, especially PHD2 which was a real PITA last night before I switched to NINA. Even then some subs were not guided as it kept timing out and not settling after a dither. Yet it's graph had spiked with the dither and resettled and was chugging away skimming the centre line?

[Dark Raven]

22 hours ago, Elp said:

I'm curious how this would work at 1000mm+ FL using something like an lextreme.

1000 mm, f5, Newtonian