- Altair Lightwave 66ED
- Celestron AVX mount
- QHY5LII-M camera
- IR cut filter
- 2 alignment stars + 4 calibration stars + All Star Polar Align
- Focus with Bahtinov mask
- 60 lights unguided + 50 darks + 100 flats
- Calibrated, registered, stacked in Siril 0.9.9 + GIMP 2.10 final processing.
For anyone starting out, the settings in bold are the ones that matter. In this case minimum gain and offset gave a decent histogram.
[QHY5LII-M]
Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)
Binning=1x1
Capture Area=1280x960
Colour Space=MONO16
Pan=0
Tilt=0
Force Still Mode=Off
Enable Live Broadcast=Off
USB Traffic=50
Speed=1
Offset=1
Amp Noise Reduction=On
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=1
Exposure=60000
Timestamp Frames=Off
Contrast=0
Brightness=0.063251089016726
Gamma=1
Apply Flat=None
Subtract Dark=None
#Black Point
Display Black Point=0
#MidTone Point
Display MidTone Point=0.5
#White Point
Display White Point=1
TimeStamp=2018-08-29T23:44:22.3259025Z
SharpCapVersion=3.1.5193.0