Terry, that is a gorgeous shot! The time invested clearly paid off. Stuart

Joe, the extreme alternative, one that worked for me for years, is to use really old crappy computers that are horribly energy wasteful and they self-heat themselves to a happy state in even the worst

Beautiful result Terry! Stuart

Peter - that is interesting. I would have expected the same result you expected. I went in the opposite direction with an STL11000 I had for a while (my second one in fact). I put 'E' series filters i

Peter - first, I'm sorry to hear you were ill but glad you're in remission (I googled it per your comment - wow!). This M33 looks great! Nice job! I really like it. I just got an 814 chip camera and l

Rolando, this is a very powerful argument for 1x1 binning. I don't bin ever and now I'm feeling better about that choice. Stuart

Nice one Terry! Stuart

No clear skies in my immediate forecast alas. Snow squalls tonight and tomorrow and then flurries the next few days. Sigh. I had clear skies last night till about midnight at which point it was hopele

VERY nice! How are you getting clear skies tonight? I get your weather the day after you do and I've got a snow squall warning here! Stuart

Bill, this one is a winner! Nicely done! Stuart

Steve, those are two sweet collections! Nice work! Stuart

Well said Michael! I am like you. I'd add that the imaging train has a lot to say about this too. When I imaged with an FSQ and U16M, I had a 4x4 degree FOV and I used to laugh at plate-solving or poi

CCDSoft had a 3rd party plug-in as Anthony said. I got it to work for quite a while then an upgrade to CCDSoft stopped it working. I think people are forgetting that CCDSoft's telescope and camera con

Really amazing result Rolando! Stuart

David, I may not be complete help here but I can make a few comments based on my AP900GTO CP2 and TSX. My chip was the very latest one for the CP2 (can't remember the version, sorry) First, for sure y

VERY nice Rolando! Do you find that the OIII filter is sensitive to moonlight? I have a 5nm Astrodon OIII filter and I find that it performs best under moonless skies. My 5nm h-alpha is happy as a cla

Joe, that is worrisome for sure. So far no problems w my CP4 but we're not challenging it much. Stuart

I have had this happen and in my case, AP900GTO CP2 it was the pins in the power socket needing to be gently spread back so they made proper contact. Stuart

What a cool project - thanks for putting this together and sharing it Lee - I will reference it for sure. Stuart

Beauty! The STL and H-Alpha combo is great for lunar shots. Low QE in the camera and most of the light knocked down with the H-Alpha filter. Stuart