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Hi all Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to understand the Wipe module (I've read the documentation, and I never understand it :) I prefer videos!) First of all, I THINK I simply don't have enough integration time on the final picture below. If that's the case, that's fine. I can work on that...

well that's what I was told, anyway :) I have taken flats since, and haven't noticed anything but I'll definitely be inspecting them every time I take them for the next few sessions. Anyway, I have since abandoned this project. I just can't get rid of weird light gradients in the image even when I s...

I'm told it's dew...

ha... time to turn on the 2600MC's dew heater!! It's there for a reason..

Just a note on that issue I’ve been having issues with flats a bit like yours but inverted to yours so clear in the middle of image cloudy on the outside , finally last night I seem to have cracked the issue , I dither so take flats and bias and use bias as darks, but after experimenting what fixed...

hmmm... you're right, Ivo. I tested it without flats and besides being a noisy mess (just lights) after stretching, there was no issue like above. So I had a look at my flats in ASTAP... and saw this for a batch of 40 I took on night 1. https://i.imgur.com/2A2luQP.png Wow. Okay, will chat with the N...

Hi all Quick one, hopefully. What causes artefacts like this? https://i.imgur.com/UcZ4GSR.jpg This is an amalgam of two sessions on Vela stacked in DSS The first was done with 300 second subs with the L-Extreme The second was done with 360 second subs no filter (with and without moonlight) I took th...

haha thanks for your kind words! But a total beginner. This is my 3rd image ever, and the first from a cooled astro cam. Trying to learn as much as possible, but there's so much to take in. Looking forward to your upcoming changes. Love this product! It makes the process easier to understand than mo...

you rock, thanks very much for the explanation (and patience with a noob!)

holy moley, you're right... I cropped, and then got this as the default in legacy mode. Wow
I honestly couldn't see any stacking artefacts when I stretched the first time. Besides the one pixel border, how did you see the aberrant pixel column? I must be blind.

thanks for your post on the bi-color editing tutorial as well. I'd like to just nail this basic one first before I move onto that!