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25 | Aviation and Spaceflight obsessed | Photographer with a weakspot for Astrophotography | draws sometimes
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Bavarian venison got me acting unwise
October 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Finally got some results. These look better than I initially expected to be honest^^'
February 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
2/2
The autoguider locks onto a star as reference point and sends correctional commands to the mount to cancel out its tracking error, allowing longer exposure times. The quality of the guiding profile is shown in the graph for the RA and DEC axis.

Its just a rough summary, hope this makes sense^^
January 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1/2
In short, the autoguider consists of the guiding camera, the guiding scope (the smaller one on the main telescope) and the software. Before imaging you have to polar align the mount but it has a certain tracking error depending on the quality of the polar alignment.
January 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thanks^^

The first picture shows the final result of the Nebula with all subframes stacked and edited.

The second picture shows the autoguider (left) and the software for the imaging camera (right).

The last picture just shows the telescope covered in ice because i thought it looked neat^^
January 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Additional details:

Lights:
22 x 600" gain100 (3h 40min)
62 x 300" gain360 (5h 10min)

Total: 8h 50min

Darks:
18 x 600" gain100
25 x 300" gain360

Flats:
25

Scope:
Skywatcher 250/1200

Mount:
EQ-6pro

Camera:
Asi533MCpro

Filter:
Optolong L-eNhance

Post-processing:
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop CC
January 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thanks^^
I just got one when leveling up my 777-300ER!!
December 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Thanks for the info, because I got a few A220-100s "just" as ultra rare and I wondered how to get that effect^^
December 9, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Nice one, do the ultra rare ones show up at random or are there certain places where to get them?^^'
December 9, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Thanks^^
November 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Thanks, its easier to capture when the iss is illuminated but for this transit you needed the exact time to get it. I managed to capture five frames and this one was the best out of those^^
November 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Thanks^^
November 16, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Thanks, sometimes its a bit of a challenge but it definitely pays off^^
November 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM