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Very nice, the C11 certainly brings out the detail. An identical capture with no moon would be an interesting comparison.

Dave

A chance to use an updated QHY SDK with a 75% waxing moon with Plato, Copernicus and Clavius all near the terminator. Equipment: Celestron AVX, Celestron C8, QHY5L-II-M, 2x Barlow, IR685 filter. Preparation: Solar System Align. Focus with JMI Moto-Focus. Software: SharpCap 3.2.6054.0, Autostakkert!3...

Thanks Nick.

At the moment, my 'darkness' is from 00:15 - 02:15, hence the 1h 40m capture with a one shot colour camera. Don't forget the moon, this viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1693 was shot in daylight.

Dave

That camera has been working with SharpCap. See viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1695. I think it was seen by Windows as a USB2 webcam.

Dave

I was looking back over my old images and found these M27 shots from November 2016, when I was just starting out. Things are moving in the right direction , Bahtinov mask - best 20 quid I ever spent



Dave

Thanks for the update Dave. Something odd going on here, maybe different steps/settings with the two tests? PIPP is a very useful toolbox and the site documentation is excellent.

Dave

I was looking at the file store impact for this project. A single RAW12 frame at 5440x3648 is 38Mb. 100 lights + 100 flats + 100 bias + 60 darks = 360 images 360 x 38Mb = 13,680Mb or ~13Gb once the calibration frames are applied and debayered there are an additional 100 x 116Mb files registration cr...

Dave Could do with looking at a SER file raw data plus camera settings file. Also what exactly is in your optical train? PIPP can be used to trim a file so as to reduce the unwieldy amount of data for transferring round the internet. On the Output Options tab - as an example using drop 9 frames afte...

The following screenshots demonstrate the processing steps I used after the M27 capture. Hopefully these will prove useful to others. Dave 9a-stack-loaded-in-Siril.JPG 9b-M27-before-background-extraction.JPG 9c-M27-after-background-extraction.JPG 9d-after-colour-calibration.JPG 9d-after-colour-calib...

The following screenshots demonstrate the preparation and capture steps I used for the M27 image. Hopefully these will prove useful to others. Dave 1-focus-with-bahtinov-mask.JPG 2-check-black-level-setting-for-gain200.JPG 3-test-frame-60s-exposure.JPG 4-ready-to-capture.JPG 5-capture-in-progress.JP...