Inspired by Martin's posts I decided to give OSC a go believing it would be far easier (for me) than mono imaging only to find that I would basically need to learn everything again from scratch
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After almost giving up hope of ever succeeding, I've managed my first decent image using my ZWO ASI071MC Pro. Coming from a mono system to OSC has been a bit of a challenge working out new techniques, gains and exposure length settings using a CMOS camera. Anyway, after many nights and countless hours this is the result.
Set-up:
ZWOASI071MC Pro: Gain 200: Cooled -10C
ZWO 2" Duoband filter
5 x 4 minute subs
PHD2 guiding (RA 0.18 DEC 0.06 Total RMS 0.19)
No darks
No flats
Sharpcap for Polar Align and capture.
Maxim DL 5 for stacking and stretching.
Photoshop for final processing.
I have many more subs to add but Maxim was crashing for some reason so I stopped at 5 subs.
Close examination shows weirdly shaped stars at the four corners of the image. I have no idea what could be causing this so some guidance would be much appreciated. My processing skills are basically "trial and error" and as much as possible I am always here looking for guidance as to what others are doing.
Comments are very welcome, positive or negative, as this is the only way I can improve, maybe
