Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:02 am Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:29 pm TSS created this sub forum for members to discuss and post images they have taken using a remote imaging location. As time goes on we will be... Elementary question: Will SLOOH gave you an error if you schedule a mission: - during astro or other twilight ..read more

Expanded Coverage For This Sub Forum Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:14 pm If you will notice the name change above, you can now post your AP software and AP apps questions here instead of the Software subforum. Remember, if ..read more

PHD2 Guiding Baseline -- How To Create One Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:33 pm Sun May 10, 2020 1:36 pm Attached is the document How To Create a Baseline for Guiding Results Using Open PHD2 . The results from following these procedures will... Just what I needed to get started in guiding. Got an OAG coming and SVBONY camera for guiding with the PHD2 ..read more

Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:20 pm Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:20 pm We can't stress enough that viewing and imaging the sun can be very dangerous!! Using the best equipment to safely view / image the sun is always... Nice article Gordon and a good read, Be safe everyone and when in doubt get help from experienced observers before viewing the Sun ..read more

Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:20 pm Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:24 pm 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... I recall reading somewhere that in addition to doing a good PA, choosing a calibration star that is close to 0°Declination is best. Choosing stars ..read more

How to Calibrate a CMOS Camera with PixInsight's WBPP Script Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:23 pm Wed Jun 10, 2020 1:33 am This short tutorial is intended to show CMOS camera users HOW to calibrate their data. I'll be using the new PixInsight WBPP script for convenience,... Just to add, I've taken some dark frames and was suprised how noisy they were. Thanks for the help. The dark frames only look noisy because ..read more

Celestron SLT/GT Wedge For Budget Wide Field AP Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:10 pm Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:04 am 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... Any pictorial products from this project? I would love to see what you've achieved so far ..read more

Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:59 pm Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:49 pm In my image of the Gamma Cass Nebula (IC 63) , I did a lot of work to control the bright star. My technique was to create three separate images from... I use starXterminator and have found it to be much better than the other programs I've tried. It is not perfect when up against an extremely bright ..read more

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