Here's a quick M81 taken at 180s stack of three without guiding. Camera: STC-7 Mount: AP 900 Scope: AP 130 GTX
Very good. I will try a set of 1-sec exposures and calculate the FHWM over a sequence. Windy conditions had prevailed in previous days (25 knot...
This is an interesting topic. One question (if I may) - what is the preferred procedure for taking the image for FWHM for evaluating Seeing?...
One of the DC devices used here also has the 12 DC(-) terminal tied to the chassis ground forcing all the other 12V gadgets to also be at ground...
Taken with an STC-7 camera m13 and m27 under poor conditions with M27 low in the horizon. Exposure is 240 seconds (4x60 StackPro) stacking four...
Presenting the Leo Triplets in monochrome. The seeing condition was poor and surface gusts didn't help. This is 60 second exposure using Stack...
Thanks Joshua. I agree about the second image. To me, it's more like one would see in an eyepiece. Tim
I shall try the StackPro™ feature - been running old school here with single shot exposures. Thanks....
Thanks....
An M13 and M81 taken with G2V settings for color balance using STC-7 and an AP R-H astrograph scope. Mount is an AP 900. The M81 may be a bit to...
Would this PlugIn work with an STC-7? (image taken with Hi and Lo gain) I believe the IMX 428 does NOT have the OVERSCAN feature. One would...
Excellent image results and a beautiful scope!
Agreed
Unfortunate the seeing isn't better there. I was in north of San Diego with 1,000 acres of vacant land on all sides. The light pollution wasn't...
Excellent results especially at 60 seconds. Thank you for the details.
That is a lot of hA time. Curious how long was a single frame of hA?
TU.. I am in SW Utah at 1000 meters. The seeing can be good when the desert winds calm down.
Well done Doug! This is an amazing image as one can see areas of nebulosity. Is the h-Alpha channel able to pick out this nebulosity from the...
Did to much IP on the image and not sure what caused it. Sure miss the days of Tech Pan and D19 developer! Here is the image set of 1 minutes...
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