[johnnyt123 (John)]

Hi Guys.

This is my first time imaging with my GSO RC8. I recently installed a Robofocus focuser on it so can now get relatively fharper focus.

I quickly setup my equipment.
My polar aligment was off by over a minute in both Mel and Maz but PHd did a decent job in tracking.

I took 10 x 800 sec subs +
1 x 1200sec sub in H-alpha
stacked in Deep sky stacker
levels and curves adjusted in Photoshop CS6.

something went wrong when I switched to O3 and tracking was not working well. I have included 1 raw sub showing poor tracking.
I think it is because my Heq5 Pro is over loaded.

Equipment:
Heq5 pro mount
GSO RC8
QSI 683wsg-8
Televue flattener
separate guide scope

All comments on where my weak points are and how to improve would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

John