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Image processing
Discuss how you are able to get those fantastic images!!!

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Last post: Re: Strange appearance of Oii… by XCalRocketMan, Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:24 pm

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Video astronomy
Discuss video astronomy / Electronically assisted imaging.

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Last post: Re: SW 50mm RACI Finder Scope… by pakarinen, Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:05 pm

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AP equipment
Discuss what equipment you are using.

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Last post: ASI 294 MM on the way? by starfield, Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 am

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Last post ASI 294 MM on the way?
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Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 am
Guiding
Discuss guiding here

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Last post: DEC balance through the merid… by DEnc, Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:48 pm

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PHD2 Calibration Position Made Easy

Last post by bobharmony « Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:36 pm
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by JayTee » Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:24 pm

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Below is a direct quote from a post by Andy Glasso of Open PHD Guiding Google Group fame.

An easy way get the scope pointed in the correct region of...

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The PHD2 drift alignment tool will take you very close to the meridian and celestial equator as a first step in the alignment process if your scope...

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Last post by bobharmony
Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:36 pm
Creating a Lunar Mosaic Using a CMOS Camera

Last post by Ed217 « Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:31 pm
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by bladekeeper » Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:49 am
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Creating a Lunar Mosaic using a CMOS Camera

This tutorial will show you how to capture and create a lunar mosaic using a CMOS camera. A CMOS camera...

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Three minutes before the moon peaked out from the trees...clouds moved in...and stayed. Oh well...
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Last post by Ed217
Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:31 pm
PHD2 Guiding Baseline -- How To Create One

Last post by JayTee « Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:59 pm
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by JayTee » Sun May 10, 2020 1:36 pm

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Greetings,

Attached is the document How To Create a Baseline for Guiding Results Using Open PHD2 . The results from following these procedures will...

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Sorry guys, ( John999R , Ed217 )

I've changed the first post to show the link to the attached document.

Cheers,
JT

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Last post by JayTee
Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:59 pm
Autoguiding - A Brief Overview

Last post by Juno16 « Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:05 pm
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by JayTee » Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:16 am
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This is another lecture from a course in Beginner's AP that I have given in the past.

Autoguiding is a vital part of the black art of long exposure...

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Have you lost your job Henk? So sorry to hear it if so. Happening all the time now.

Thanks, no it's expected to be a temporary Covid related...
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:05 pm
Celestron SLT/GT Wedge For Budget Wide Field AP

Last post by Greenman « Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:24 pm
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by JayTee » Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:04 am

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In an effort to increase our footprint on Google with articles that are germane to our forums, here is a reprint of an article I wrote and posted...

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Fantastic work at all levels JT. Inspired stuff.

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Last post by Greenman
Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:24 pm
PHD2 Guiding Tips

Last post by JayTee « Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:23 pm
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by JayTee » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:12 am

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For many, PHD2 isn't really as easy as Push Here Dummy as the name implies.

There are several practices/actions that should be considered/addressed...

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Hi Larry,

Since I don't use EQMod I can't speak for it. At first, try it with just making those adjustments within PHD2.

Cheers,
JT

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Last post by JayTee
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:23 pm
Central Core of M31

Last post by Peter802 « Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:52 am
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by Graeme1858 » Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:08 pm

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Here's the central core of M31 from 11/09/20.

12 x 240 seconds without any calibration frames because it was my first night out playing with the new...

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Nice image Graeme.
Thank you for the share.

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Last post by Peter802
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:52 am
IC1795 HA

Last post by MariusD69 « Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:10 am
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by DMouse » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:43 am

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Hi, well my guiding issues continue so I tried 300sec exposures unguided for some of this evening and they were better than guiding, bizarre.
Anyway...

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Awesome! Well done!

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Last post by MariusD69
Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:10 am
NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Last post by Jockinireland « Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:47 am
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by Jockinireland » Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:38 am

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Continuing to work through my data from the week-end.

This was from my venerable old 8 LX200 GPS on its wedge with my EOS1100Da
119X180s, ISO800...

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Really nice image David!

Pixinsight I assume? Have you decided to buy yet?

Thanks for that Jim.

Yes I'm pretty much decided to take it. I find...

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Last post by Jockinireland
Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:47 am
Mars taken on September 21st (RGB)

Last post by TheButcher « Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:48 am
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by TheButcher » Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:42 am

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Hey all,

Here an image of Mars that I took last night. The seeing was about average and the sky clear except for some of that smoke haze that we all...

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Hey, that is one great image Butcher, I think that position is about right for Mons. If it is Mons is a bit hard to be sure.

Thanks MIchael and...

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Last post by TheButcher
Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:48 am
Going a bit bigger and deeper on NGC 7000 - 70mm Meade f/5

Last post by TheButcher « Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:45 am
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by Hankmeister3 » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:09 pm

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As I've learned a bit more about processing stacked images with my antiquated ArcSoft Photostudio 6.0 image processing software, I'm starting to...

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Very NIce Henry!

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Last post by TheButcher
Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:45 am
Sept 23rd Sun and Moon

Last post by Thefatkitty « Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:48 am

by Thefatkitty » Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:48 am

Hi all, hope all is good :D

About a month ago, it seemed Solar Cycle 25 was starting. Then, phhht...!! It's been almost a month without any sunspot...

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Last post by Thefatkitty
Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:48 am
IC1848 Soul Nebula LRGBHA

Last post by starfield « Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:28 am
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by Astrovetteman » Wed Sep 23, 2020 4:51 pm

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I'm still getting my ASI6200MM lined up and still waiting on my custom adapter for my NP127is (this camera shows every imperfection in the imaging...

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The detail is fantastic! Nice shot.

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Last post by starfield
Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:28 am
ASI 294 MM on the way?

Last post by starfield « Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 am

by starfield » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 am

Noticed that ZWO looks to be releasing a new monochrome camera. 294mm. Looks like a replacement for the 1600? I was planning to put a mono/narrowband...

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Last post by starfield
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 am
NGC 7023 from central Nevada

Last post by AstroBee « Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:14 am
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by starfield » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:01 am

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Got out for 4 days of camping in central Nevada. I originally had hoped to take advantage of 3 nights of dark skies, but the smoke, thunderstorms,...

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Great Iris shot Steve! I'm glad you enjoyed my secret spot....
As to your question about the snakes. At lower altitudes where the nights are warmer,...

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Last post by AstroBee
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:14 am
NGC7822

Last post by DMouse « Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:49 pm

by DMouse » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:49 pm

Hi all, well this was two nights of imaging. I did loose quite a few subs due to focus shift, and some to guiding errors, but still had enough for a...

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Last post by DMouse
Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:49 pm
Sep 22, 2020 Prom on NW Limb

Last post by Lowjiber « Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:19 pm
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by Lowjiber » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:38 am

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It has been eight days since I shot anything, and I was determined to get something today. The seeing was awful at 0900hrs and MetroBlue showed it...

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Thank you, Everyone! :) I appreciate the APOD and everybody's nice comments.

:text-thankyouyellow:

Clear Skies & Stay Safe

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Last post by Lowjiber
Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:19 pm
DEC balance through the meridian

Last post by DEnc « Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:48 pm

by DEnc » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:48 pm

Here’s something I haven’t seen before.

I was imaging a target close to the meridian with the Mach 1 DEC balanced camera-heavy. The PHD2 log showed...

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Last post by DEnc
Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:48 pm
NGC 6820 in HaRGB

Last post by Astrovetteman « Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:42 pm
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by KathyNS » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:40 pm

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I've been wanting to get a clean shot of this nebula / star-forming region for a while. I shot my standard sequence on it last week, but it was just...

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Hey Kathy, that’s simply MARVELOUS!! Excellent details and colors while, as Babi says, subtle....best capture I’ve ever seen of this object!!...

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Last post by Astrovetteman
Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:42 pm
I said "hi" to M42

Last post by Astrovetteman « Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:35 pm
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by MariusD69 » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:15 am

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Hello!

A short capture before dawn. 10x5m + 20x10sec. It wasn't the ideal conditions (fog and bad seeing), but it's a preview for our next images....

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I saw 👀 it coming up 2 nights ago....but that’s all!! Excellent image for such a short time!
Tom👍🏻

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Last post by Astrovetteman
Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:35 pm
Sh2-82 in Sagitta

Last post by Astrovetteman « Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:31 pm
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by MariusD69 » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:12 pm

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Hello!

Sh2-82 (Little Cocoon nebula) is an emission nebula enveloped by reflection nebula and embedded in the dark nebula LDN 727. It looks like...

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Hey Marius...SUPER SWEET IMAGE!! I love the colors you got out of that very difficult object!
Great Job 👍🏻!!
Tom

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Last post by Astrovetteman
Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:31 pm
Jupiter and four moons

Last post by jnelson « Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:30 pm

by jnelson » Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:30 pm

Beautiful clear night yesterday in my neck of the woods (Wisconsin). Did a smorgasbord of imaging including Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars including some...

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Last post by jnelson
Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:30 pm
Strange appearance of Oiii MasterFlat

Last post by XCalRocketMan « Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:24 pm
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by XCalRocketMan » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:30 pm

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Just wondering if anyone here can give me some guidance on a potential issue I might have with my Astrodon Oiii 3nm filter. All my masterflats look...

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I have a 31mm unmounted Chroma 3nm Oiii filter. The unstretched MasterFlat looks very normal, but, the stretched version is very strange looking...

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Last post by XCalRocketMan
Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:24 pm
IC1295

Last post by Mac « Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:24 pm
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by Mac » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:15 pm

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14x500 seconds L-enhance filter ASI533MC ED102 scope

IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered in 1867 by...

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Man, that really is a small DSO. A pearl of great price, right? Nice job, Mac.

Thanks Henry,

some crazy Canadian AP'er convinced me to shoot it....

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Last post by Mac
Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:24 pm
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Last post by Mac « Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:08 pm
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by Mac » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:49 pm

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42 x 400 seconds

L-enhance filter, ASI533MC, ED102MC, Celestron AVX

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Very nice image Steve!! Great colors and details!
Well Done!!👍🏻
Tom

Thanks Tom

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Last post by Mac
Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:08 pm

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