thanks Roland, but the problem is I have already trained the PEC curve just a month ago, and got a really great result. I ran the mount with the new curve turned on to perhaps refine it and the

Beautifull ! Christian Viladrich

Thats the PDF for the keypad 5. You can find it in the io usergroup for the keypad5. Grüsse Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 0171/1983476

Here is a single short 20s sub showing the elongated stars. A sub from 5s to 60s showed the same shape. At first I thought it may have been vibration in the camera fan, but it made no difference with

An issue with my RA axis has developed with my Mach 2. Everything starts off fine and then I begin to notice egg shaped stars across my whole image and are elongated in the same direction as RA. It

Daniel, Thank you, glad you liked them. Yes, that technique is a very good way of doing it, probably better than RGB as you said. I also tried many combinations like RB only to make synthetic green,

Thanks! That did it. I didn't see the RECAL + NEXT> documented anywhere! Which PDF is that in?

Rouz, These are truly amazing images indeed. Now, as per your filter sequence, you write: Over the time I have modified this classic sequence " Mine are as follows: RGB-BGR-RGB-BGR and so on. Why? Two

In the PDF: Recalibrate Recalibrate is used to correct the calibration of the mount if an object that you just slewed to does not appear in the center of the field. Recalibrate can be used even when

I have an updated keypad with my Mach2 but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get recalibrate to work. The only Keypad manual I can find is the one from version 4.19.3 and a LOT has changed

Its a modified SHO palette actually. Yes, Sii and Oiii was extremely dim! Saw a picture of that OTA I think, very unique. Looking forward to more images. Regards, Rouz,

Nice. Little bit different palette. That object was dimmer than I expected and i really didn't have time for more imaging time. But life goes on and I'm looking forward to doing some work with my 12"

It’s a wonderful shot Roland. Crisp. Eric

That's very sharp Roland, nice work! Sensor technology is also advancing at an amazing pace. Saw your Elephant's trunk image too, funny I posted mine with very similar framing and color palette a few

Do your drift alignment once when the skies are hazy and not good for imaging. Then adjust the Rapas. Use it for subsequent nights and don't obsess over polar alignment. Rolando

This image of Saturn was taken a couple of years ago. I don't recall the particulars any more but I believe I used my QHY 5-IIC color Cmos camera. I don't keep very good notes

Yes the main challenge is trying to find good frames that the atmosphere hasn't turned to mush! Also, when you have a lot of frames and very high SNR, deconvolution works like magic. But you'll need a

Thanks Roland. It does not sound like I need to start messing around with the alignment screws on my RAPAS until I do a more rigorous drift alignment procedure. Mike

Well, you're way ahead of me for advanced planetary imaging. I do have a few good images of Saturn with my 10" Mak when the planet was higher in the sky. I'll see if I can dig them up and post if I

Yes I use an IR cut filter. I think I may have one of those Dinky things. I’ll check. Jim Sent from Mail for Windows 10