Thanks Alex and Martin
I think my brain is finally tuned to be conservative with astro now, and i have a real preference for tackling/changing one thing at a time. To be honest I've been overwhelmed a few times already, with so many balls in the air, struggling to troubleshoot when many things are changing. Ive been kind of close to throwing the whole lot of gear off a cliff more than once! So yes, i reckon the next thing I'll do is focussing per filter. Until now I've been running my APT plans vertically, switching filters each sub. The rationale was that if the weather changed, I'd still have a complete image to process. I think now I'm getting a keener eye for detail and want to chip away at taking my time with each image and take time to get things right.
Martin, I've only just learned that the star profile tool exists in Phd2! I initially really just learned barely enough to get it barely functioning. That star was indeed an autoselect, it may gave been the only one visible... my guide scope isnt aligned with my main scope and I've spent the past week getting to grips with the importance of focus and brightness when guiding. Yes, I'm surprised at that guiding result too, given the flat top of the star profile. I guess it had steep transition and so edge definition was decent?
Anyway, thanks, its another image that I'm not really super impressed with, but i am.so glad to have the guiding rolling!
