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Yes, as Mike said having all this discussions it's easy to forget what awesome results SV Decon yields. This was more of an experiment rather than a serious attempt to take a shot of M57. This object is too small for my 8" f/5 Newtonian (and for the seeing here) and on top of that I had a strong osc...

Hi Patrick, If I understand the advice here, the best data for star tools to process is RAW and unstacked? No, you need a stack as input for processing with StarTools. So you could use (2) or better (3) but this would imply the downsides of live stacking which Ivo pointed out in his post. Best would...

Thank you, Martin. Now I understand. I guess this means, that the weight of the camera is below the centre of mass and therefore stability is improved. :think: I will try that, but unfortunately I have to use the finder scope (my mount has no GOTO) to find the objects (well, to find the stars near t...

a member on our local forum suggested to move it underneath to improve both Ra and Dec balance Still thinking about your words. I never paid any attention to focuser orientation. What do you mean by "underneath"? Pointing towards the ground? Or towards the Ra axis? :confusion-shrug: :think: Thanks,...

Hi Martin, thanks for sharing the photos of your laptop screen under Bortle 7/8 and 3/4 skies. I think I've never seen such dark skies. That's great, lucky you :) I'm still wondering about the quality of the sky here at my location. It's probably a bit better than your suburbian sky, maybe Bortle 6 ...

Hi Patrick, welcome! I don't know SharpCap, but you're right about the format of your shots: it's generally recommended for AP to save the single shots in RAW format to get the best quality for stacking. The output of your stacker should be in FITS format if possible. If I understand correctly, Shar...

Congratulations to your new scope, Martin. It must be very fulfilling to build your own scope. I hope you will have a lot of fun with it. The 1000 mm focal length will bring you somewhat closer to the stars than your 6" did before ;) Great image - and I like this object. Unfortunately it's too low a...

Thanks Ivo! Looking forward to the first beta

Hi Ivo, I think I found a weird bug ... 1. open ST, load image (e.g. 6020x4015 px) 2. open Mask module, Cancel (already at this point there seems to be a bug: 100% scale is denotated, but not shown) 3. open Bin module, 50%, Keep 4. open OptiDev, (set IFD,) Keep 5. open Crop module, crop, Keep 6. ope...