Hi Glen
I am not thinking clearly so please forgive my lack of detail.
I, thru the f5 8inch, used the zwo 1600 cooled to -15.
Luminance so far as I must reject the colour rbg as they are not acceptable.
A group of about 30 @ 15 seconds and a group of about 100 at 30 seconds.
Gain was 50 for the 15 seconds and 100 for the 30 seconds.
I did some ha at 30 seconds which was surprising.
All I can seem to do is adapt to what the equipment allows...I have no mount control via ascom at the moment and no guiding so short exposures until I sort the mount.
I am using my old eq 6 mount..at one stage it connected but I changed a port from 3 to 4 why I dont know...I have to sort that...
But as I only have an hour here I am trying to capture what I can and build maybe over months even years☺ and fabricate the best image I can do from all I have captured.
I stuffed up my flats and dark flats and have to make a light box...the focuser is becoming a real problem I am going to have to put in a shim or tap in more screws? add more bearings...but it may come round.
Hopefully over the next couple of darks times up North will get me good data but at the moment I am storing it all☺
My bigesr problem is memory if I am not doing it every day I forget little things you should do...like I forgot to turn on the mirror cooling fan...could not work outcwas it was so clear and the seeking was terrible☺
The cube lets me leave it all set up but still so much to do there ..permanent power points a light ..place to put the lappy when I sit there with it...as I currently have to do because of various problems in the focus department...the to do list is getting longer☺
Alex
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