When to press play in Nina?

[TiffsAndAstro]

My setup went well;

good pa (did twice to check).

Good recalibration in phd2

Gear was balanced well.

I have some backspace related looking egg stars in the corners, I'm ok with that for now.

Focus was (relatively) good.

2 min test sub looked good as much as I can tell from zooming within Nina and doing same on the actual cr2 file on my disk.

But when I run them through dss, get scores from about 600 to 900. I've gotten 1500 to 1950 in past sessions. A quick stack looked ok, but I was a little underwhelmed.

Is there anything else I can check in test subs before pressing play in Nina?

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After looking again, my subs started at in the 900s and drop over time, as Leo Triplet dropped lower in the sky.

I'd still like to start with higher than 900ish, but i guess its due to more air in the way and extra LP?

Edited May 3 by TiffsAndAstro