Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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Re: Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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Hi,

that looks like a reasonable flat. One thing you can try without clear sky is to set up SharpCap to use your flat frame (and maybe a dark frame) while you still have flat illumination set up. The image should end up being of uniform brightness all across, which shows that your flat is doing what it should!

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Re: Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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Many thanks for guiding me to solve the vignetting problem (aka bloom in my words).

Lots of learning through this including learning about faint stars for stacking and building a cheapo LED panel/mount and applying flats.
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I greatly appreciate the help and getting me moving again in my journey!
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Re: Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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Slowly but surely getting there. Sadly our hobby has a steep learning curve. Although personally that's part of the fun for me ;)
And cool that M82 capture of yours!

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Re: Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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If you have saved your raw frames, then you can “reprocess” them via the Folder Camera and apply your new Flat (and Dark) as a test.
The Folder Camera allows you to direct frames in a folder to Live Stack as a “replay” of a session.
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Re: Newbie - bloom in stack (ASI294MC)

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Hello, I had a similar problem and found because I was too close to lights I was suffering light leaks through the telescope. Your image suggests light from the mirror if you are using a reflector or in my case the central light was caused by light leakage through the focuser tube. Masking tape and draught excluder cut outs plus a black shower cap for my mirror has solved the leakage. I have yet to take an image to verify but I purposely placed my telescope indoors under a bright three lamp two feet above me and I am able to tale 600s Dark frames with only the glow from the 294c camera showing. The rest of the frame is flat and dark.
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