[Rod771 (Rod)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, you must have been quite relieved to see that image form on your processing screen Rod, nice job. Wishing you many more, hopefully more streamlined, nights ahead

Mike

Thanks Mike, yes I was very please when the first exposure displayed on the lap top and enjoyed processing too. Now I just wish I had a permanent set up. Cheers

Originally Posted by renormalised

Nice shots.

Thanks Carl

Originally Posted by broca

It is always nice when you finally get everything running. Nice images!

Cheers Steve, All I need now is consistency.

Originally Posted by Jon

Nice stuff, Rod. Good start.

Can't you use Backyard EOS to focus? It's what I do - the FWHM tool is great. As you say, a loop of 5s jpgs at ISO 6400 will give you a good base. Pick a smallish star at those settings, whack the Backyard EOS zoom box on it, and adjust the focus till the FWHM is as small as possible.

Still, looks like you got focus pretty well however you did it :-)

Thanks John,

I did use BYE for focusing, I'm just used to focusing with the live view enabled and seeing the FWHM changes in "real time", which is possible at F2 with Hyperstar. I just found it harder to frame, and focus took a little longer but I was happy where it ended up.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

It was worth the effort to sort it out. That's a nice looking Sculptor image.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, I was a little concerned about the image scale but after seeing you result with SX694 at 2940mm. I think the 60Da (.45 arc sec/pixel at 1960mm) will do for awhile.

Originally Posted by LewisM

Nothing more rewarding in this wonderful hobby than when everything works.

I know the feeling, after having guider issues for over a year (and all stupid remnant dll related!)

Yes, sometimes you need to uninstall manually before upgrading