Marc G
Loc: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Finally a clear night & no work the next day.
And to top it all a new moon thus really dark.
My chosen target being NGC7822 The Red Skull Nebula.
Techy Bits......
Askar 135mm
Altair Astro filter holder
LPro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher AZ/GTI in EQ mode.
APT for focus, plate solve, PA, dithering & imagining
Lights 100 @ 180s 285g HGC 25os (-5c)
Darks 10 180s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
Great capture, Marc!
Glad to see you got some sky time finally.
I'm finally getting some clear skies here. But wouldn't you know it, USB problems seem to be ruining my nights.
Marc G
Loc: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Thanks mate...
Clear skies here in Blighty are pretty rare.
USB problems, is it the hub or more likely cables?
A while ago I invested money into good quality gold plated usb leads at the working length required thus eliminating bundles of excess cable, never looked back.
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
Marc G wrote:
Finally a clear night & no work the next day.
And to top it all a new moon thus really dark.
My chosen target being NGC7822 The Red Skull Nebula.
Techy Bits......
Askar 135mm
Altair Astro filter holder
LPro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher AZ/GTI in EQ mode.
APT for focus, plate solve, PA, dithering & imagining
Lights 100 @ 180s 285g HGC 25os (-5c)
Darks 10 180s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Finally a clear night & no work the next day. ... (
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Lovely! The 'force' was with you...
bwa
Marc G wrote:
Finally a clear night & no work the next day.
And to top it all a new moon thus really dark.
My chosen target being NGC7822 The Red Skull Nebula.
Techy Bits......
Askar 135mm
Altair Astro filter holder
LPro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher AZ/GTI in EQ mode.
APT for focus, plate solve, PA, dithering & imagining
Lights 100 @ 180s 285g HGC 25os (-5c)
Darks 10 180s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Finally a clear night & no work the next day. ... (
show quote)
So that's where all the people who can't get into Heaven go
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
Marc G wrote:
Thanks mate...
Clear skies here in Blighty are pretty rare.
USB problems, is it the hub or more likely cables?
A while ago I invested money into good quality gold plated usb leads at the working length required thus eliminating bundles of excess cable, never looked back.
I'm still troubleshooting it. But I have a high quality industrial powered USB hub installed. And my cables are gold plated. I suspected the hub, so I changed it out for a go.
Just have some sort of bug I have to try and isolate.
Looks to be clear here tonight. But I'm out under a patio umbrella in the shade trying things.
Thanks Mate!
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
SonnyE wrote:
I'm still troubleshooting it. But I have a high quality industrial powered USB hub installed. And my cables are gold plated. I suspected the hub, so I changed it out for a go.
Just have some sort of bug I have to try and isolate.
Looks to be clear here tonight. But I'm out under a patio umbrella in the shade trying things.
Thanks Mate!
I think I nailed it. Suddenly it dawned on me I might need to change the coin battery in my mounts controller.
Sure enough, it was weak.
The proof will come tonight, But I think I got it.
(The coin battery maintains the tiny memory in the controller. When it gets weak, things get wacky. Most computers have one sort or another tiny battery that maintains the boot memory)
Keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.
Hoping for clear skies for you!
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