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Here is a single image from 2 nights ago (0702 UTC). I needed to get a baseline image so I can compare if/when it "goes off". My image center is slightly off because I messed up on the plate solve. In other words, I didn't believe the first solve and manually moved the scope a couple dozen
pixels away from where it should have been. Silly me!
Acquired 6 July 2024 0702 UTC
ES102mm f/7 APO
ASI 294 MC Pro
FOV 1.5° x 1.0°
Exp 300 seconds
Gain 122
No post-processing at all!
When I put this image as both a .fits or .png through Astrometry.net, the annotation font size is so small as to be unusable for the full-size option. Does anybody know how to increase the font size they use for the annotations of full-size image?
Here's the solved page.
Here's the full-size option selected. As you can see, the annotations are so small, that they are unreadable.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
JT ∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac ∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO ∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5 ∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros. ∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000 ∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Plus a Canon T3i, an Orion SSAG, and 3 WYZE Cam3 ∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter ∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°
Searching the skies since 1966. "I never met a scope I didn't want to keep."
Nice shot, JT.
BTW, I'm happy to annotate the FITS file for you in PixInsight if you want to zip it and send it to me. I just need to know the date/rough time and pixel scale.
Nevada Desert Skies AT Gmail Dot Com (no spaces, replace the @ symbol.)
Good for you on that JT, planning for the future! I wish I had a clear night to do the same
Hopefully the wait is not too long!
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
HA - PST stage 2 mod with Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters, ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD, Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm, UV/IR filters, Canon EOS 550D.
AstroBee wrote: Tue Jul 09, 2024 5:20 am
zip it and send it to me. I just need to know the date/rough time and pixel scale.
Nevada Desert Skies AT Gmail Dot Com (no spaces, replace the @ symbol.)
Sent, Thank you.
Cheers,
JT ∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac ∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO ∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5 ∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros. ∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000 ∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Plus a Canon T3i, an Orion SSAG, and 3 WYZE Cam3 ∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter ∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°
Searching the skies since 1966. "I never met a scope I didn't want to keep."
AstroBee wrote: Tue Jul 09, 2024 5:20 am
zip it and send it to me. I just need to know the date/rough time and pixel scale.
Nevada Desert Skies AT Gmail Dot Com (no spaces, replace the @ symbol.)
