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smart Hisogram

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:13 pm
by andycayman
Hey

I have a question about the exposure gain calculator. I have a zwo1600mmc Mono cam. when trying to find the best exposure and gain settings. Do i use the filters lrgb and narrow band when pointing the scope at dark sky?.

Cheers

Andy

Re: smart Hisogram

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:39 pm
by admin
Hi Andy,

Yes, you use the filter that you intend to image with when taking a measurement of the sky brightness since using a colour filter will reduce the background brightness by a factor of about 3 and using a narrowband filter will reduce it a lot more than that – both of those will lead to longer predicted exposures.

Cheers, Robin

Re: smart Hisogram

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:07 pm
by andycayman
Robin

Thanks

Andy