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M3 from last night. The 2nd target on my target list after M81. This image was the result of the script that I just posted in the script forum. The script directed the mount to goto M3, then plate solved a 10 second image, synced the mount to the solved image coordinates, then did another goto to M3...

Here's a modified version of the above script, but with Full Frame autoguiding added in: n = Telescope.List.Count for i = 1 to n ra = Telescope.List.Ra(i) de = Telescope.List.Dec(i) name = Telescope.List.Name(i) Telescope.Goto(ra,de) Telescope.Wait Pause(1) Camera.Start(10) Camera.Wait Image.FindCoo...

AstroBernd wrote: ↑

26 Jan 2023, 18:25

Very nice image!
Thanks for posting your acquisition and processing steps.
Clear skies
Bernd

Thanks!

nbastro wrote: ↑

24 Jan 2023, 04:07

Sorry - missing in action for a while.
Yes , 64 bit windows.

Are you trying to run imaging hardware at the same time?

I just ran two simultaneous 64bit instances where each was running a very large preprocessing drizzle stack on an I7 computer with 32gigs of RAM and it ran fine.

M82 - Jan 21 2023 10in Meade F10 OTA and a Starizona .63x SCT FR = F7 on a pier mounted CEM120 Orion SS Pro APSC 6MP OSC - 10 x 20min (1200sec) subs and 5 dark frames. Drizzle stack. No flats. LR deconvolution, DDP and Gradient removal in lieu of flats. Minor cropping Imaged, OAG FF autoguided, FF a...

Here's an updated image that's been drizzle stacked, with 3 more 1200sec images. Same processing as above but with 50 x ME deconvolution iterations:

Abell 426 Galaxy Cluster centred on NGC 1275 on Jan 21 2023 10in Meade F10 OTA and a Starizona .63x SCT FR = F7 on a pier mounted CEM120 Orion SS Pro APSC 6MP OSC - 12 x 20min (1200sec) subs and 5 dark frames. No flats. LR deconvolution, DDP and Gradient removal in lieu of flat. Imaged, OAG FF autog...

TKnightKY wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2023, 01:36

Nice image. Where is your location?

Tony

Thanks.

SE Arizona - Arizona Sky Village.

I guess the Minor planet Center must have renamed the comets file at some point. Anyways I have to remove the 'All' from the AllCometEls.txt file to get AA8 to read it.

https://minorplanetcenter.net//iau/MPCORB.html

M101 - Jan 21 2023 10in Meade F10 OTA and a Starizona .63x SCT FR = F7 on a pier mounted CEM120 Orion SS Pro APSC 6MP OSC - 12 x 20min (1200sec) subs and 5 dark frames. No flats. LR deconvolution, DDP and Gradient removal in lieu of flats. Minor cropping Imaged, OAG FF autoguided, FF autofocused wit...

fabdev wrote: ↑

13 Jan 2023, 23:18

It looks like the distortions from F5 and from F7 are too different, even for that option. May you post the two separate images?
Fabio.

I posted the separate stacked images here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=753

Two 10in SCTs F5 and F7!

This image is a stack of 10 x 1200sec subs at F7 and 14 x 900sec subs at F5. I used the 'Distorsions between images' option. No flats or dark frames (how?) Both OTAs were using an Orion SSpro camera: