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Some real world examples: https://www.astrobin.com/f9ss9i/?award=top-pick&nc=user , captured using LRGB frames of 300s and Ha of 600s under Bortle 1 skies using top spec equipment ($40,000 16" astrograph & $12,000 camera). Astrobin Top Picks of M78 https://www.astrobin.com/search/?q=m78...

Let us know how you get on. Your query is fairly common.

This was my last M45 (heavily cropped), a 66mm refractor under Bortle 6 skies.




Dave

the Bresser has nice pin-sharp images of the stars in the eyepiece. Then, after attaching the Zwo I adjusted Sharpcap setting Swapping the eyepiece for the camera can result in a shift of the image and potentially being off-target. I used to work that way but consider following the steps below. The...

Thanks Tim.

Thanks Tim. Rimae Darwin is a feature that is not visible at capture time but is only revealed after stacking & processing. before_and_after.JPG I have found the moon to be an interesting object. Because of the constantly changing illumination, 2 images of the same location taken 10 minutes apar...

Captured 25th Feb 2020 around 19:30 - 20:30. Moon 97% illuminated, elevation around 50°. 1 hour of imaging gathered ~88gb of data. Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8 SCT, Altair 183M camera & Skyris 618m camera. Processing with Autostakkert!3 (best 5% of frames stacked) & GIMP mosaics stitche...

Tim

The Skywatcher 127 MAK is f/11 with a focal length of 1500mm - which helps with lunar/planetary/solar. I also have a Celestron C8 which is f/10 with focal length 2032mm which is better still providing the seeing is good. I have never had any experience with Dobs.

Dave

Dominique

When SharpCap is in still mode the red highlighted will be visible.


Dave

Thanks Tim. I hope to revisit this using my Celestron C8. The 127 MAK does very well for a budget scope.

Dave

Captured 22nd Feb 2020, moon elevation 60°. Skywatcher 127 MAK, Skyris 618m camera, IR685 filter, 0.5x reducer. High res image here https://www.astrobin.com/5f9h9b/?nc=user Each panel: 640x480, MONO16, 120fps, 7200 frames (1 minute capture),Gain 323/1000, Exposure 0.0014s Stack best 10% Autostakkert...