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First Image with new ZWOASI2600MC
After months waiting for my new ZWOASI2600MC camera Mother Nature served up a beautiful night for imaging last night on the South Coast
Lots of issues to iron out but fairly happy with a quick capture of M8 Lagoon Nebula
This biggest issue I had was learning how to focus with my new software APT ( BYEOS was a breeze to focus with my Canon 600D DSLR) but APT is a different kettle of fish. I used Focus Aid and Magnifier on Live View but I couldn’t get the my test star tight with focus ( a lot to learn )
Also EQMOD was dropping out and sending my mount back to “home position” after syncing on a star twice. So shut down and restarted everything and it settled down ok for the rest of the night
Also reviewing your subs is limited in APT to thumbnails or on the main screen but you can’t zoom in on detail like BYEOS
Captured 1 hour with 120 sec subs ( no darks )
Captured 1 hour with 5 min subs ( no darks )
8” f5 newt on an EQ6-R Mount
ZWOASI2600MC with Baader coma corrector
Camera controlled by Ascom ( Highest Dynamic Range Gain 0 )
Camera cooled to -5C
PHD2 guiding ( best guiding to date 0.55 Dec and 0.62 RA ) payload 15kg
APT dither set to 1
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame focus and capture APT
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set
Compared to my Old DSLR this camera has zero noise , absolutely unbelievable
I didn’t take darks and the final processed image was just about noise free , in fact I didn’t even use noise reduction in processing
Anyway lots to learn about the new camera and APT
Anyway here are the 2 processed images of M8 Lagoon with 120 sec subs and 300sec subs ( no darks ) with obvious poor focus
The image with 300sec subs ( same integration time ) has a slightly dimmer star field than the image with 120 sec subs
Comments most welcome
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